Events Manager

• added modal admin messages
• fixed issue where booking button tries to book first ticket irrespective of availability and results in an error
• fixed JS issues presented with internlinked date-range pickers when a value is present
• fixed aesthetic issues for event location editing section when only one location type is permitted
• fixed login URL issues
• added em_login_footer action
• fixed JS bug with calendars displayed in other languages and advanced search disabled
• fixed calendar advanced search modal not showing if general settings disables advanced searches on search forms

• fixed datepicker range JS issues
• added ability to override email formats (currently only upon installation for event approval email template)
• added is_recurring and not_recurring conditional event placeholders
• added option to include or exclude tags/categories listed in the search filter options, this is available in settings page and as tags_/categories_include or tags_/categories_exclude for shortcode
• fixed potential errors in EM_Ticiket->is_available_to() and changed how EM_Ticket->is_availble() can check availability against a supplied user.
• fixed EM_Ticket_Bookings->validate() so availability of tickets are validated against user booking belongs to rather than current user (fixes permission issues in manual bookings)
• fixed datetime issues when an invalid date is stored and setTimezone is invoked, creating a 1970 date rather than blank value
• added #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] to relevant functions to supress PHP 8.1 deprecated messages
• removed datetimezone and datetime php8.1 alt files in favour of above supression method for now
• (in-dev) fixed issues in 6.1.2.3 dev version related to add/edit recurring events JS errors
• changed booking form headers so they're handled by settings page and can be disabled with blank values
• added option to add Reply-To event owner for booking emails,
• added em_booking_email_admin_args filter enabling extra mail args to be added,
• added $args array param for EM_Mailer::send() so that future enhancements like reply-to can be supplied
• tweaked heading sizes of booking form headings so they are slightly smaller,
• fixed template loading of templates/calendar/calendar.php in calendar-full.php and calendar-small.php templates so they are dynamic and overridable
• added EM_CHECK_THE_LOOP constant to add an additional in_the_loop() check for themes/plugins that mey use em_content outside the loop
• fixed booking conditional placeholder wiping out event conditional placeholders
• changed em_booking_output_condition filter so it's only fired when a matching conditional is found for EM_Booking,
• added em_booking_output_show_condition filter to help determine whether to show a condition
• fixed search results coming back with incorrect styling layout when in responsive/mobile mode
• added output methods for APIs via array for JSON for main objects (events, locations, bookings)
• removed erroneous testing data for filtering categories search option (ids 150 and 151)
• fixed some display issues for selectize particularly in the dashboard area

• changed EM_Tickets, EM_Bookings and EM_Ticket so event object is stored as referece so get_event() all reference the same parent object,
• changed em_bookings_ticket_exists hook for when tickets don't exist, $EM_Ticket is pssed as a blank EM_Ticket with the requested $ticket_id
• removed erroneous em_boking_save action in em-actions.php before anything is actually saved
• changed the booking_resend_email action to allow AJAX requests
• changed PHP use of get_class() checks in if statements to instanceof so that extended classes pass,
• added $event_ids array passed to em_bookings_deleted and em_bookings_delete actions/filters in EM_Bookings::delete() mass deletion,
• added $force_refresh option to EM_Bookings->get_available_spaces()
• added $ignore_spaces parameter to EM_Ticket->is_available()
• added EM_Ticket->is_available_to() function
• fixed availability issue for unavailable tickets when overriding as an admin
• added extra action hooks to booking admin area
• added reserved 'waitlist' booking status numbers 6-8 (if you use custom status numbers, we advise using above 100 for sake of avoiding core collision)
• fixed some instances where EM_Booking::$disable_restrictions doesn't fully disable every restriction
• added em_event_load_postdata_other_attributes filter allowing for custom event attributes/meta to be loaded with less code
• [template change] moved booking form status notices from template into action-based output, default output of these now reside in the classes/em-event.php file
• fixed some rare instances where EM_Ticket->get_event() doesn't work as intended
• tweaked em_ticket_is_available to fire even with EM_Bookings::$disable_restrictions enabled
• added conditionial custom placeholder recursion support for EM_Ticket_Booking objects
• added JS support for general AJAX forms without need for specific JS code to work using vanilla JS
• added JS EM_Alert function for generating alerts via modal
• added $status and $EM_Booking vars to em_booking_button class
• added code editor features to formats admin section for larger text boxes
• added em-notice alert box css
• added cancellation policy allowing cancellation up to x hours before events begin
• added event_attribute filters allowing for quicker/easier adding/saving custom attributes
• fixed split booking by ticket exports not working since EM 6.1
• fixed single ticket mode booking form not displaying as per settings
• added retroactive fix of calendar templates using old HTML structure (lack of ID in em-calendar enclosing element)
• enabled text input for datepickers
• moved loading of selectize CSS and JS directly into events-manager files instead of separate loading
• fixed has_location_venue conditional displaying for non-physical events
• fixed critical error if registration data is duplicated in error in bookings_meta table
• added fix for add to calendar button when used on themes forcing line breaks within content
• tweaked normalize.css to prevent themes forcing select boxes to display:block (causing flatpickr year select to disappear out of view)
• fixed issues with serialization/wakeup in sessions for booking objects using new atomic tickets structure (fixes issues with Pro Multiple Booking checkouts)
• fixed upgrade failures due to emoji data in bookings,
• fixed issues with older PHP code looping EM_Bookings_Tickets and getting pricing resulting in single-ticket pricing rather than grouped when calling get_price_with_taxes()
• fixed taxonomy event list pagination issues as well as forced AJAX on non-ajax pagination
• fixed formatting typo displaying PHP code rather than translated output
• fixed modal y-axis overflow for advanced search,
• tweaked modal hidden mode to prevent click/touch blocking
• fixed duplicate rows output in CSV split by ticket type
• fixed templates/forms/event-editor.php to show notices within container so styling is inherited
• added duplicate data removal script for updates that somehow duplicated data within the wp_em_bookings table
• fixed PHP warning when no events in grouped listing - changed em_events_output_grouped so first argument returns all events from EM_Events::get(), use em_events_output_grouped_events_dates for split-by-dates array
• fixed login form redirect issues in MultiSite where site_url is different from home_url
• fixed timezone UTC offsets with minutes not saving properly
• fixed incorrect label id for single ticket mode spaces select
• fixed booking data duplication issues when saving personal data in booking admin
• added backwards-compatible measure to support PHP 8.1 and return type requirements in DateTime and DateTimeZone by including duplicate file with return types which are loaded only with 8.1 and greater
• added update retrigger if previous update is detected to not have gone through fully
• fixed login text still showing even if disable login form option set to yes in settings
• added option to use double-date datepicker for event dates
• tweaked event date range so that ticket start/end datepickers are linked
• fixed issue where dates for new event form default to 1970 before creation
• fixed mobile responsive issues with taxonmy and location lists
• fixed location placeholders not working when location and event not published yet
• fixed/removed errant closing p tag in single location default HTML

• fixed php 8.1 fatal error

• tweaked installation SQL so it's MariaDB-compatible
• fixed php warning when no location permalink provided

(dev) = * tweaked installation SQL so it's MariaDB-compatible

• WARNING! MAJOR architecture change for how tickets are stored. This should be backward compatible and a well-tested migration process, but (as you should always do anyway) back up before upgrading!
• fixed CSS issues in the bookings admin dashboard
• fixed issues with jQuery UI dialogs losing their styling
• fixed styling issues with the booking form,
• fixed duplicate 'events span x days' field in recurring events editor
• moved em_booking_form_footer action further down the booking form to ensure greater backwards compatibility with Pro updates
• removed upgrade/migration options for EM v4
• added split/atomic tickets so each space booked has its own ticket reference and uuid (backwards compatible)
• added atomic booking meta with dedicated em_bookings_meta table and transition out of the old serialized booking (bookings_meta will still be synced for backwards compatibility for now)
• added uuid v4 to ticket booking records and entire bookings (for later use such as retrieving booking info anonymously)
• improved logic/architecture of booking ticket retrieval of post and validation by compartmentalizing each post/validation to specificly relevant objects
• added new EM_Ticket_Bookings object to group individual ticket bookings of the same ticket within a booking
• added ArrayAccess implementation to EM_Tickets_Bookings and EM_Ticket_Bookings for more sensible traversing for developers
• added _debugInfo() to ticket objects to prevent irrelevant recursion whilst debugging printr and var_dump
• added improvements to installation process in the event that upgrade routines terminate early or time out
• added multiple new actions for outputting ticket booking information on the booking admin
• added default email attachment array so that all other hooks add to it rather than replace the array
• added output() functionality for individual ticket bookings so that plugins can add placeholders
• changed post handling of ticket booking objects so that new ticket bookings are assigned a uuid immmediately before calling actions/filters

• breaking changes to templates for those upgrading from 6.0, included warning/nudge for users upgrading from 6.0
• added more fine-grained settings to the Settings > Styling Options section allowing to disable styling elements throughout the plugin
• fixed modal transition CSS issues
• added advanced mode enabling users to directly use some, all or none our plugin template files for formats rather than the settings page
• improved reset option for all overridable placeholder formats in settings allowing for users to reload default formats into individual text boxes
• added ability to override plugin template files via wp-content/plugin-templates/events-manager/
• added styling options to allow the use of theme font family, width, height and weight
• maded default styling options to use theme properties when upgrading from EM < v6.0.1

(dev) = * added more fine-grained settings to the Settings > Styling Options section allowing to disable styling elements throughout the plugin * fixed modal transition CSS issues

• MAJOR UI overhaul inclusding complete rewrite of calendars, lists, search
• Large overhaul of booking forms, but even more to come here!
• new base CSS framework to offer maximum theme consistency
• partial overhaul of front-end editors to add responsive support (more to come!)
• minor tweaks to dashboard editor meta boxes (more to come)
• responsive support for all front-end display items
• new datepicker and autocomplete modules
• added limitation to only future events in event calendar
• added search views, switch between maps, lists and calendars from the search
• mucn much more new UI related upgrades
• fixed bug in single ticket mode not updating "available until" time upon saving
• fixed bookings="user" not working in 5.12 update
• fixed issue where site language is respected over profile language in admin area for EM content
• tweaked EM_Calendar::get() sorting to order by start datetime,
• tweaked EM_Calendar::get() to consider multi-day events as all-day events for purposes of $event_ts_marker indexes,
• fixed calendar day links containing the limit query param,
• added EM_Event::get_event_colors() for category color meta
• added action em_booking_status_changed, em_bookings_table_output_table_filters
• changed booking_status DB field to allow double-digit status numbers
• fixed display issues on EM-generated pages wtih block themes

• fixed issue with scope sanitization preventing search form searching by date range
• added limitation to prevent JS loading on non-EM post type editors to potentially help prevent 3rd party conflicts
• added support for event location displaying url or other custom info for the ical LOCATION property

• changed EM_Booking::$disable_restricions so that all ticket restrictions can ignored for admin manual bookings (pro feature) including spaces, roles and dates
• added taxonomy filters for Meta Tag Manager compatibility on overriden taxonomy pages
• added filters to Event_Locations\Event_Location and Event_Locations\URL
• added filters to EM_Events::output_grouped()
• fixed #_EVENTDATES_LOCAL and #_24HHTIMES_LOCAL showing time/date range even if time/dates are the same
• fixed XSS security vulnerability reported by/via WP Plugins team

• fixed booking-related php errors deriving from accessing $EM_Booking->people directly since 5.10
• added 'week', 'this-week' and 'this-month' scopes

• fixed a minor PHPMailer PHP warning tiggered when mailing errors occur
• fixed date validation errors restting available from/until times to 12AM for tickets
• fixed WP Fullcalendar style tweak for tip image
• removed loading of EM_Person upon construct of EM_Booking to prevent unecessary pre-loading
• fixed bookings closed text not being translatable by ML plugins
• fixed multilingual translation failures when triggering actions like ML booking emails as an admin
• added em_ml_swiitch_locale and em_ml_restore_locale actions for ML plugins that don't hook into WP's switch_locale
• fixed potential ML translation issues when switching translated event objects in a booking
• optimized translated event switching in booking objects
• added em_pre_taxonomy_template, em_pre_{taxonomy_name}taxonomy_template and emtaxonomy_template
• added temporary fix for compatibility issue with/caused by BuddyBoss
• fixed PHP warnings caused by dev version update checks, also removed em_org_dev_version_slugs filter in place of em_org_dev_versions
• added em_bookings_single_details_footer filter
• added extra email trimming to prevent mail errors due to errant whitespaces
• added em_ticket_get_price_without_tax filter
• fixed #@_{...} placeholders still showing if end date is the same
• fixed email fatal errors when password reset is disabled by other plugins or custom code
• fixed caching issues with custom code hooking into em_event by firing the action before caching occurs
• fixed reported issues with Elementor by writing $content into event and location object post_content properties (kudos to @martinneumannat)
• fixed CZY currency symbols not being included
• fixed dbem_maps_text_format and potentially other formats retrieved via AJAX not being overridable using our em_formats_filter filter
• fixed bookings="0" not returning non-bookable events in shortcodes
• fixed google ical link using http://
• fixed EM_Person::get_summary() returning mixed up array key/values (props @duisterdenhaag)
• removed outline style rules from CSS to help with WCAG compliance

• fixed issues with WooCommerce add-on circumventing currency formatting
• changed various AJAX/Admin actions to fire on wp_loaded rather than init action to allow better plugin compatibility
• added $where param to EM_Admin_Notice constructor
• added _sleep and _wakeup functions to EMBooking and EMTicket_Booking for more optimal serialization
• fixed timepicker conflict issues with other plugins due to shared common function names

For those upgrading from version 4 to 5, please read these instructions.

For those upgrading from version 4 to 5, please read these instructions.

= * updated JS to remove any deprecated functionality in jQuery v3.5, * changed timepicker library to (timepicker)[https://github.com/jonthornton/jquery-timepicker/] * added $target to Event_Location->output() function parameters * fixed EM_Event->output() errors causing booking emails to fail if containing #EVENTLOCATION placeholders for non-virtual events * added $send_email and $ignore_spaces params to EM_Bookings::set_status() * added em_booking_admin action to top of single booking admin area * added updatemeta() function to EM_Booking, * fixed some minor PHP warnings, * added ticket availability re-check during EM_Booking::validate() for bookings stored in session before saving

• fixed event locations not getting synced with translations (WPML) and requires re-saving events to take effect
• fixed incorrect dates in calendars for some specific server setups - props to @davidkryzaniak
• fixed multilingual event duplication issues
• tweaked dev updates checker to allow other .org plugins to be checked if added to array passed by em_org_dev_version_slugs filter
• fixed a PHP 8.0 deprecated line of code

• updated EM_DateTime and EM_DateTimeZone to remove PHP <5.3 backports and also make use of UTC offset support since PHP 5.5.10 (since WP now is requiring 5.6 as a minimum)
• fixed location dropdown not showing option for no location or a placeholder if physical locations are the only location types enabled
• fixed front-end event editor showing events list rather than submission form when there's a validation error
• fixed bug where re-saving multilingual recurring events sets parent ids out of sync and causing booking linking issues with translated events
• fixed potential minor CSRF vulnerability in oAuth base class where state could be ommitted when verifying/authorizing account, props to @Lenon
• fixed event times output on bookings table not showing time according to formatting settings
• added 5th argument with array of segmented placeholder meta to _output_placeholder filters of events, locations, bookings and taxonomies
• tweaked placeholder regex to allow underscores in placeholder names e.g. #PREVIOUSLY_INVALIDPLACEHOLDER
• added _SITE time-related placeholder variations which display event time relative to website timezone,
• added _LOCAL time-related placeholder variations which display event time relative to user's browser timezone (based on JS),
• fixed EM_Event::output_times() not using custom $all_day_message
• fixed booking table custom fields with accented names not being displayed or exported properly
• updated jQuery UI CSS theme
• updated PHPMailer loading location due to breaks in 5.5
• added #EVENTDATESLOCAL
• updated placeholder docs
• fixed save and status change filters firing before emails are sent which can cause irregular behaviour in add-ons (e.g. Zoom join links)
• optimized EM_Bookings::has_booking() function to prevent unecessary loading of bookings to event
• fixed fatal errors on ical generation if mb_string extension disabled in PHP
• added em_bp_menu_sub_nav and em_bp_menu_main_nav filters to allow easy BuddyPress/BuddyBoss menu overriding
• added data deletion and warning of deletion when switching location types,
• moved JS out of location selection template into main JS file
• changed Event_Location data handling so that event location data is kept within the object EM_Event->event_location rather than in EM_Event->event_location_data
• fixed Event_Locations::is_enabled() creating fatal errors if add-on event location plugins get deactivated whilst event location is still 'enabled' in settings
• fixed deletion of previous event location data occurring on get_post() rather than save() and added a temporary event_location_deleted property to EM_Event to contain deletable event location
• changed recurring table field to require a non-null value and default to 0 to prevent erratic behaviour if recurrences get saved with NULL in random edge cases
• removed some old migration update code for v4 > v5 update (more to be removed at a later date)
• added em_event_save_events_exclude_update_meta_keys allowing add-ons to prevent overwriting meta keys when updating recurrences
• added docs for event location types and a filter for adding custom placeholder docs to the help page
• fixed dates and possibly other placeholders not showing in site locale if admin triggers emails with a different user locale
• fixed scope search issues on search form when default scope is not 'future' and search dates left blank
• fixed template location typo preventing em_get_events_list_grouped() from working
• fixed admin columns not showing as per screen reader preferences when all cols are chosen to be displayed
• fixed bp showing booking tab/info when bookings are disabled (props @raruto)
• fixed display issues on static home page (other than EM events page) containing shortcode showing paginated events/locations/taxonomies
• fixed broken link for datepicker formatting docs on settings page
• fixed PHP errors on BuddyPress "my group events" template
• added #_BOOKINGADMINURL and #_BOOKINGADMINLINK placeholders to booking email templates
• added alt attribute to event thumbnails in MS Globals mode
• fixed Polish zloty missing symbols
• fixed 'no location' option not showing if dropdown option for physical locations enabled
• fixed booking cutoff times defaulting to 12am rather than event start time
• fixed booking cutoff times not getting set upon initial recurring event creation
• fixed trashed events showing up on front-end event editor as pending
• fixed JS issues causing ticket editor not reflecting changes during edit process before saving
• fixed Yoast SEO deprecated log warning for usage of WPSEO_Utils::get_title_separator() in > v15.2
• changed default time to WP format upon installation
• added my/all events links to front-end events admin for those with admin capabilities
• updated dev update checker to allow EM add-ons
• fixed duplication issues for custom event locations due to lack of cloning the event location within the cloned event
• added organizer property to ical feed and em_locate_template_args_... filter to enable it with (see https://pastebin.com/d2y5qXPy)
• added better booking button error feedback and a em_booking_button_response JS event
• changed EM Pro update warning to be dismissible site-wide and persist only on admin/network settings page
• removed use of date_i18n() in place of EM_DateTime->format() i.e. wp_date()

• fixed html structure error in location template breaking editor if location dropdowns are enabled

• added Location Types including URL and (via external free add-on) Zoom support!
• added native OAuth support for third party integrations (e.g. Zoom)
• added $EM_Event object to booking form template actions
• changed $EM_Booking->booking_status to protected so that status returns 1 even if approvals are disabled
• fixed XSS vulnerability (kudos to Jakob Wierzba)
• fixed potential SQL injection vulnerability (kudos to Antony Garand from Godaddy)
• fixed fatal errors in BuddyPress if notifications are disabled
• fixed minor PHP warning
• fixed Yoast SEO 14.0 conflict

• minor JS conflict fix for those overriding the tickets admin template (or those incorrectly overriding ALL EM templates) in their theme with older HTML structure

• fixed CSV injection vulnerability which can allow malicious text to be exported to CSV files and parsed by Spreadsheet
• fixed #_BOOKINGCUTOFF text date formats not getting translated correctly
• added ability to programatically add attachments to booking emails for future features
• fixed/updated casing of functions in phpMailer function calls (prefiously backward compatible),
• added reply-to headers for wp_mail emails circumventing some plugins forcing from email address fields,
• fixed email testing function ignoring sender name, encryption and autotls options
• fixed ical apple structure breaking parsing in google (and possible others)
• updated events-manager.js to replace deprecated use of delegate/bind with on/off equivalents
• added ticket ordering
• fixed editing booking tickets in admin causing validation errors on 0 values
• fixed PHP Warning generated when adding Booking Notes which prevent a redirect with WP_DEBUG enabled
• fixed Events tab on profile pages stripping last character with the BuddyPress Nouveau theme
• changed blank value to 'no location' when viewing the event bookings admin page for locationless events
• changed EM_Notices by making them JsonSerializable
• fixed (hopefully!) the elusive and hard to reproduce "variable mismatch" error when submitting new form in some rare circumstances

• fixed minor typo in new email setting description
• fixed CSV booking export files turning out blank due to change in EM_Bookings::__isset() in 5.9.7

• fixed google calendar add-to link not including location town/zip/state
• fixed minor PHP warnings
• added timestamps for keys to $post_ids array in em_event_save_events filter
• tweaked deleting of recurrences to reduce possibility of mistken circumvention by other filters
• added parameter option to include country to EM_Location->get_full_address()
• added em_ticket_delete and em_tickets_delete filters
• added language definition for events and locations allowing for faster multilingual searches where supported
• added parent definition for events, tickets and locations paving the way for various hierarchical applications
• added language search attribute for events and locations
• fixed potential search inconsistencies when using 'recurrence' search attribute for finding recurrences by recurring event ID
• added multilingual support for recurring events (requires update to any compatibility plugins)
• added ability for event recurrences to assign corresponding parent ticket ids to recurrence tickets via ticket_parent db field
• fixed potentially conflict-causing permalink rules for the calendar page (fixes WPML-EM conflict on these pages)
• added support for location address translation in multilingual environments
• removed filter pointer (previously used to fix ACF conflicts) in EM_ML_IO::event_save_meta() since WP now has fixed pointer issues for nested filter triggers
• fixed EM_Event::is_recurrence() returning false when event not saved for first time
• fixed delete_events not returning true to filter when events are actually deleted
• fixed JS warning preventing address update on map when updating locations
• added various precautionary data sanitization for security enhancement
• replaced all uses of wp_redirect() with wp_safe_redirect() as a security precaution
• added encryption and autotls options to email settings
• added em_is_event() and em_is_location() object checking functions
• added native primary handling of finding translations of events and locations before passing it onto filters where translation plugins can intervene
• added native searching of events and locations based on new language/parent fields
• added native support for searching eventful and eventless arguments in multilingual context
• added native support for listing untranslated events and locations in original language when listing a second language in multilingual context
• changed EM_Event and EM_Location blog_id to default to 0 rather than null
• added shortname property names for common EM_Event and EM_Location fields language, parent, translation, id (event/location id), slug, status, name and owner
• added get_parent() function for EM_Event and EM_Location classes
• added $context peroperty to EM_Events and EM_Locations classes which leverage late static binding in PHP 5.3
• added 'language' search argument for events and locations which can be used in multilingual contexts
• moved table joining decision logic in EM_Locations into its own function, enabling overriding via filters
• added em_booking_email_before_send, em_booking_email_after_send and em_booking_output_pre actions in EM_Booking
• added em_booking_email filter in EM_Booking
• added name/description shortname properties and modified ticket_name/description access in EM_Ticket to enable dynamic translation of ticket names
• added price,id,spaces shortnames for EM_Ticket_Booking
• added em_ticket_booking_get_ticket filter in EM_Ticket_Booking
• added locale switching/restoring functions in EM_ML as well as syncing with the WP locale switcher
• fixed booking emails not getting correctly translated in ML modes
• fixed data privacy consent validation errors when booking in custom modes under certain setting configurations
• removed load_plugin_textdomain call in favour of letting WordPress.org automatically handle language translation files
• changed boolean database fields into tinyint(1) unsigned types

• fixed monthly recurrence pattern issues with PHP <5.6
• fixed multiple minor PHP Warnings including Countable errors when saving a booking in PHP 7.2+
• added em_bookings_table_get_bookings_args filter, allowing ordering and more for bookings admin tables
• added Faroe Islands to countries list
• added custom dataset variable for EM_Options, added ability to save dbem_data array options in settings page
• fixed publishing issues with long multibyte character post titles in recurring events
• added em_mailer_before_send action to EM_Mailer->send() just before a mail is sent
• added em_javascript_loaded jQuery trigger
• added ability to send attachments via WP_Mail in EM_Mailer::send(), provided the transport used by it allows
• added recurring event placeholders #RECURRINGDATERANGE, #_RECURRINGPATTERN, #RECURRINGID
• fixed incorrectly named #EDITLOCATIONURL and #_EDITLOCATIONLINK which were previouly (and still are) working under #LOCATIONEDITLINK and #_LOCATIONEDITURL
• fixed pagination for calendar day archives when formatting is disabled
• added custom tabs hooks to settings page (including multisite which now has a default single tab)
• added id property to each EM_Admin_Notice that is output to screen
• optimized EM_Admin_Notices::add() so that strings are assumed to be hooks and no extra logic necessary to register the notice initially
• added em_booking_pre_calculate_price hook
• fixed potential PHP warning when editing other CPTs with galleries
• fixed some incorrect ticket end times related to saving rsvp end dates for recurring events in single ticket mode with blank end dates/times
• fixed inconsistent rsvp_end __set() compared to end and start properties,
• fixed event rsvp ending at 12:00 instead of event time when no date is supplied in single ticket mode,
• unified PHP get_post logic of start/end date/time recurrence info for tickets to reduce redundant code
• fixed invalid rsvp end date persisting unless changed when first saving an event with blank start date
• potentially-breaking for custom code email filters changed $output_type/$target method param in EM_Booking::email() calls to EM_Booking::output() function calls to 'email', use get_option('dbem_smtp_html') to determine whether to use HTML or not if using that format
• changed event category/tag and location lists to not include pagination in emails due to lack of predictability for pagination links
• added css tweaks to to admin single booking view and modify booking form in dashboard area
• fixed lack or confirm-redirect for no-user booking personal details editor when viewing a single booking
• fixed edit/delete links showing in post admin lists to users without the right caps (clicking these links had no result)
• added some strict_type future-proofing to EM_DateTime class
• added em_event_detach and em_event_attach filters
• fixed location coordinates not being supplied for examct Gmap pin placement when auto-complete attaching a location to an event,
• fixed double google API call when choosing an existing location via auto-complete search
• changed #_LOCATIONMAP so no 'map unavailable' messgage is shown if google maps are disabled
• fixed google maps location bubble CSS formatting issues in admin area
• changed datepicker to show relative year range dropdown selector according to currently selected date, allowing for flexible year selection
• fixed potential stored XSS vulnerability, many thanks to Tobias Fink of SBA-Research for a good eye and responsible (pending) disclosure
• fixed lack of validation when submitting tickets with higher min spaces than max spaces allowed in the ticket
• added username to exportable/viewable field columns in booking admin
• fixed embedded maps display errors when there is an & character in name or address
• fixed certain recurrence patterns with "last x of the month" skipping months
• fixed recurring events showing location meta boxes and columns when locations are disabled
• fixed event count not showing up in event profile tab
• fixed events admin table front-end showing location column when locations disabled,
• fixed location placeholders getting processed if locations are disabled
• fixed yearly recurring events not working for any value other than 1 yearly interval
• fixed precision inconsistencies between location coordinates in wp_postmeta and wp_em_locations by changing mysql FLOAT to DECIMAL and rounding numbers on $_POST retrieval
• fixed ticket prices input/display in event admin not accepting localized decimal separators
• fixed minor CSS validation errors in events_manager.css
• fixed #_BOOKINGDATE not working on first automated sent email
• fixed port assignation errors in SMTP mail settings
• pre-emptively hardened some lines of code as recommended by the wordpress security team

• added new Google Maps display options to help prevent cost increases
• fixed booking status emails getting resent when attempting to change status to same status
• fixed potential consent issues with editing/validating bookings made by other registered users
• fixed broken #_LATT custom field attributes for locations
• fixed #_ATT placeholders with dropdown options not selecting default option if not defined
• added em_locate_template_default filter to allow for further template overriding
• fixed certain unsanitized permalink output on admin settings page
• fixed weekly and daily recurrence creation inconsistencies when traversing DST change dates

• added em_rewrite_rules_array filter for final permalink rule manipulation
• fixed privacy consent blocking certain actions such as single booking button and admin-side submissions
• fixed fatal errors when showing the consent checkbox in WordPress 5.9.5 and earlier
• fixed the quick booking button not working in ajax search results
• fixed privacy policy consent form label not being translatable for multilingual sites
• fixed inconsistent date headers in certain situations with UTC manual offset dates
• fixed incorrect link to .eot dashicon file for IE11
• added anonymous submitter data to locations for new event submissions and integrated this with GDPR export/erase tools
• fixed location slug blanks when directly published from front-end via submitting an event
• added default ical and rss feed limits to avoid overloading as number of events grow
• corrected docs to include 'recurrences' search attribute
• added timezone pre-formatting to functions that produced incorrect output for timezone date placeholders
• fixed default categories not being applied for events with no categories
• fixed locations being selectable for events in other blogs within a multisite global mode when locations don't all reside on main blog

• added Data Privacy and GDPR features
• fixed user deletion not properly deleting events and not deleting locations if content is set to be deleted not reassigned
• added location attributes array to em_get_attributes filter
• fixed EM_MB_ICAL_WORDWRAP incorrectly not applying multibyte wordwraps if set to true
• added 'not_all_day' conditional placeholder
• made EM_Taxonomy_Terms objects countable
• fixed tag placeholders not getting parsed in event format such as #_TAGIMAGE

• fixed some instances where PHP 5.2 outputs incorrect times due to other plugins changing server timezones
• fixed scope issues with PHP 5.2 when calculating start/end of month dates
• fixed potential issues with manual offsets when other plugins change server timezones whilst saving events, particularly in PHP 5.2
• added EM_CACHE constant which if defined as false will disable caching
• fixed issues when changing times of an EM_DateTime object with large manual offset timezones may cause incorrect dates (fixes some weekly recurrence pattern issues)
• added notice when viewing bookings made in another language
• added booking admin table column for language used in booking
• fixed some minor PHP notices preventing event submissions/edits with a new location if display_errors are enabled
• updated EM_Notices to use new class names for notices output in WP Dasbhoard
• added filters for all post type and custom taxonomy arrays used in initial post type and custom taxonomy registration functions (see em-posts.php)

• fixed the & operator in category search attribute not working correctly in MultiSite Global Tables mode
• added fix/workaround for any code that changes the timezone from WP's UTC timezone during runtime
• fixed multisite upgrade issues with timezones
• added option to reset timezones for all blogs on multisite and also reset each blog to its individual WP timezone
• changed default subscriber capabilities so they can't submit events by default
• added option to resume failed timezone resets on multisite blogs
• added upgrade warning for multisite users who upgraded to 5.9 and had timezone update errors
• fixed (deprecated with backward compatibility) shorthand EM_Booking object properties such as 'status' not having values after 5.9 update
• fixed recurrence pattern date miscalculations on sites where a plugin/theme changes the default server timezone after WP sets it to UTC
• added gutenberg support with define('EM_GUTENBERG', true); defined in wp-config.php
• fixed new tickets not being added to previously created recurring event where bookings were previously disabled
• added tweaked EM_DateTime functionality so functions that might return false in DateTime set valid property to false before returning object for chaining

• fixes applied to 5.8.1.2 merged into dev version
• added timezone support
• added new admin notice interface objects
• added new EM_Options option storage class
• fixed some PHP strict warnings regarding parent/child class method signatures
• fixed taxonomy pagination issues in AJAX (affecting tags specifically)
• fixed shortcode not getting parsed properly due to fix in 5.8.1.1 attempting to parse shortcode with supplied formats
• fixed non-standard YYYY-M-D date formats not being accepted in scope arguments
• improved multisite blog update interface
• added modular update logic to admin pages for future features
• further hardening against XSS strings
• fixed non-standard YYYY-M-D date formats not being accepted in scope arguments
• fixed duplicate slug issues when duplicating events
• removed all references of create_function for php 7.2 compatibility
• fixed documented 'postcode' search attribute not filtering results by that value
• fixed event duplication not copying other plugin meta data, such as ACF
• fixed EM_Bookings::get() producing SQL error if passing an array of booking IDs
• added em_event_post_scope_meta_query filter for admin-side custom scopes
• fixed bug where blank start/end times of tickets and booking cut-offs default to 12AM istead of event start time
• fixed preview mode not reflecting new event description
• fixed broken ical permalinks for individual subcategories
• changed recurrence warning strips from green to orange/blue at top of admin pages
• added 'ticket total' column to bookings export and split 'ticket price' from 'total' booking price when exporting split by ticket type
• fixed issues with caching not getting updated other plugins data such as ACF and possibly others
• fixed issue where logged out user didn't see login feedback message on booking form under certain setting combinations
• added EM_ML::restore_current_lang and EM_ML::switch_to_lang functions
• fixed language detection of bookings not being done early enough

• fixed escaping error in bookings admin table introduced in 5.8.1.3

• security release fixing a potential stored XSS vulnerability (disclosure pending, props to Luigi Gubello for responsible disclosure)
• fixed scrolling issues on Google Maps
• fixed duplicate value attribute in custom fields/attributes front-end editor
• fixed shortcodes getting parsed after formats resulting in preparsed formats within shortcode
• fixed lack of booking validation filter on single booking button
• fixed minor PHP warning
• fixed duplication errors for events without bookings enabled

• fixed a bug that arose in 5.8.1 where tag/category pages using formatting will still show the tags/categories list page instead

• fixed category color picker and image uploader problems
• created base classes for EM taxonomies to make adding custom EM taxonomies even easier in the future,
• added tag image and color settings/data
• added sortable option for date columns of events and recurring events in the admin area
• fixed saving an event recreating ticket_meta and wiping out ML settings
• fixed multilingual translations of event in WPML not hiding/showing right meta boxes
• fixed saving multilingual translation of event overwriting original language ticket names
• changed admin headers to use new and accessible WP inline HTML structure
• fixed serialization problems for deprecated event/location attributes and attributes with multiple post meta entries for one post
• removed deprecated attributes editor from admin area as this is confusing and error prone when combined with other plugins manipulating custom fields
• fixed #_EVENTEXCERPT without arguments stripping HTML since 5.7
• added ability to list multiple categories/tags in conditional placeholders e.g. {has_tag_123,1234,tagname}...
• added #_EVENTPRICEMINALL and #_EVENTPRICEMAXALL to show prices of unavailable tickets as well
• fixed JS issues with MS Global mode and JS file limiting when displaying subsite single event pages on main blog
• fixed single initial abbreviation issues in Chinese calendars
• fixed duplicate events not being published to social networks via jetpack publicize (kudos @gnaag)
• fixed potential incompatibilities with other plugins using wp_query_reset() on category pages, preventing our page formats from showing
• fixed taxonomy archive pages returning zero results if taxonomy formatting is disabled and events are excluded from searches (WP Bug workaround)
• fixed inconsistent line ending causing warnings with PHP compatibility checker
• unified Tag and Category class functions into sets of parent class functionn
• fixed PHP fatal error with BP when disabling notifications
• fixed calendar day links being incorrect if another plugin adds querystring params to permalinks
• added groupby, groupby_orderby and groupby_order arguments allowing grouping in search results for events and locations
• improved validation and sanitization of orderby arguments to avoid ambiguous field SQL errors
• added optimization to optionally join event/location tables when needed for grouped searches or if EM_DISABLE_OPTIONAL_JOINS is defined and set to true
• moved condition of when argument 'bookings'

• fixed previous meta not getting deleted from recurrences resulting in non-saved information such as a changed featured image or location
• fixed newly submitted recurrences first saved in draft or pending mode not creating new events without a reschedule
• fixed export settings button not working in MultiSite
• fixed CSS issue in search form advanced field dropdowns on firefox
• fixed PHP warning when displaying locations and events map via shortcode (kudos @Beee)
• fixed minor PHP warning on category admin pages where image isn't defined (kudos @Beee)
• fixed booking admin 'Add Note' button not being translatable
• added fifth day of month in recurrences pattern
• added ability to change event times on recurring events without recreating recurrences

• fixed subsite events in MS Global mode not being able to save new events and resulting in orphaned entries in wp_em_events table
• added admin tool to allow removal of orphaned events in wp_em_events database table
• improved detection and handling of orphaned events when being displayed

• added em_events_admin_args filter allowing modification of event search arguments
• removed jQuery UI localize files for the datepicker in favor of WP 4.6 native localization
• fixed potential bug where modified ticket spaces aren't saving correctly when editing a booking
• added is_user_attendee, not_user_attendee and variations of both proceeding with _0 or another number representing booking status
• added edit/view shortcut links for each event location in events list admin area
• fixed conflict with BuddyPress Group Extras and potentially other plugins when one or more of our list pages aren't assigned a page (e.g. locations page) resulting in a blank page
• fixed ical feed not serving wrapped content lines,
• added EM_ICAL_APPLE_STRUCT constant to allow ommitting of X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION lines in the ical file
• fixed formatting issues with ical X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION line
• fixed instances where locations or events automatically creating a post slug if needed when published
• fixed location image display issues on other blogs when in MultiSite Global mode
• corrected and updated docs
• fixed switch_to_blog() being used instead of restore_current_blog() in buddypress/bp-em-core.php (props @mikegillihan)
• fixed search form CSS inconsistencies for Twenty Seventeen theme
• fixed locations map breaking when provided with object versions of JSON response (such as with WPML compat add-on)
• updated maps google library to always use most stable version
• fixed issues when creating MS Global Events programmatically
• moved some logic out of the EM_Event->output() function into their own function for easier future use in templates
• fixed google calendar links not including full location address
• added an import/export settings option in settings page
• added ability to use post_id in calendar shortcode and PHP functions
• added has_location and no_location to event search attributes
• added [events_map] shortcode which searches by event rather than location
• changed behaviour of zooming when mouse is over a map so a click is required first to avoid catching whilst scrolling the page
• fixed all errors and warnings for PHP 7 and others highlighted by PHP Compatibility Checker plugin
• added decimal parameter to get_tax_rate functions which allows fixing of minor PHP warning when tax is set to 0
• fixed filter typos and get_sql positions in EM_Bookings::get() and EMLocations::get()
• removed unnecessary storage of _post_id in postmeta for recurring events
• fixed bug where tickets aren't deleted with event
• fixed incompatibility with WP Fastest Cache for bookings on cached pages
• fixed EM_Categories not removing categories if none are selected when resaving an event
• added em_get_events_admin_url() function
• added major improvements to recurring events including ability to duplicate templates and also make changes without deleting previous recurrences,
• changed various event editor templates to accommodate new recurring event changes
• changed no-user bookings feature to not require a dummy user
• changed no-user bookings so previous bookings appear correctly regardless of whether NU bookings is enabled or disabled
• tweaked PHP Mail sending method to go through WP PHPMailer class for better encoding
• fixed overly aggressive filtering of get_the_date and get_the_time filters (kudos @boonebgorges)
• fixed missing map markers array variable to be supplied in JS hook em_maps_locations_hook (kudos @raruto)
• changed booking discount php functions into price adjustment functions which will now allow for surcharges to be implemented
• fixed guest submissions with bookings enabled producing false permission errors instead of a confirmation
• fixed/updated media uploader JS interface for category image
• added more booking price filters to individual functions
• fixed minor nuance where upcoming events scope filter not selectable on mobile view
• fixed JS not being loaded automatically on events list when JS performance loading enabled
• fixed regex matching preventing use of a #_LATT attribute within an #_ATT default value bracket
• fixed confirmation message not showing for event duplication
• added duplicate shortcut link on dashboard edit event page
• fixed issues with selection of Sunday on monthly recurrences and the generated pattern summary
• changed/fixed events_list_grouped using date format for sub-section titles from settings page if no date_format supplied regardless of grouping mode
• added em_scripts_and_styles_public_enqueue_pages filter for custom pages to automatically include EM script/styles when limiting for performance is enabled
• fixed PHP non-object notices on certain non-EM dashboard pages
• changed booking form scrolling JS to scroll to booking message feedback element and added EM_BOOKING_MSG_JS_OFFSET constant to allow adjusting the offset in wp-config.php
• fixed redirect link on booking form login not taking into account SSL pages
• added #_EVENTEXCERPTCUT to allow cutting of both excerpts and post content
• changed event all day times to start at 00:00:00 and end at 23:59:59 when saved (kudos @cliffpaulick)
• changed default search form settings behaviour to ignore country filtering if search option is not enabled
• fixed scheduled recurring events not publishing recurrences
• improved google maps JS for multiple events/locations maps and auto-zooming of included locations (kudos @benklocek)
• fixed minor php warning on user profile page
• tweaked booking JS to allow a redirect variable passed on with a successful response
• fixed 'Bookings' header not being translated when formats are disabled and booking form is added just after content
• fixed ticket availability status indicator showing false to admins when ticket is restricted to guests
• added get_total_paid function (mainly for hooking purposes in Pro add-ons)
• added support for Google Maps styles via services like the Google Maps Style Wizard or Snazzy Maps

• fixed search forms disappearing in latest update when Styling Options for search forms are turned off (props @factchecker)

• improvements to ical formatting, including static/unique UIDs, more accurate locations with geo coordinates, categories and featured image
• replaced code using stripslashes() with wp_unslash() (kudos @webaware)
• removed use of jQuery.live() on settings page
• tweaked event search form elements and events list table to be ADA compliant
• added $EM_Ticket_Booking to em_tickets_bookings_add filter arguments
• removed translations of weekdays within EM and using WP translations instead,
• changed calendar templates to stop using ucfirst() to uppercase month first letters since it breaks some languages and the languages that need it don't capitalize their months anyway
• fixed anonymous event submitter info not showing in recurring event admin area
• fixed wrong nav id in BuddyPress (kudos @lyevalley)
• fixed 'no location' checkbox not remaining checked if event submission returns an validation error
• tweaked templates/forms/event/location.php and added some extra output sanitization
• fixed 404 errors in calendar links to eventful day list for a specific location
• fixed syncing of tables when WP uses utf8mb4 collation which causes errors when saving emojis in post content
• fixed WP 4.6 PHP warnings and featured image problems when using a theme that limits specific CPTs to use thumbnails
• fixed action typo in EM_Ticket::get_post() from em_location_get_post_pre to em_ticket_get_post_pre
• fixed location not showing up in admin area within dropdown if previously assigned to an event but not available to user due to permission changes

• added option to add Google Maps API key
• fixed category image uploader not working properly on some specific setups
• fixed display issues of first/last names mixing middle names in booking admin tables under no-user mode
• fixed #_TAGSLUG not being parsed
• fixed blank space in email triggering validation errors when booking
• fixed 'view bookings' ticket link pointing to back-end when on front-end

• fixed WP FullCalendar (versions using FC 2.x library) not showing events outside current month
• fixed long events not showing on last day in WP FullCalendar
• fixed event category and tag pages 404ing when slugs match taxonomy slugs and these pages aren't parents of events page
• fixed image upload buttons not working properly on category add/edit pages

• fixed events disappearing from calendar with WP FullCalendar plugin
• fixed PHP warning for delete booking when a user can't manage booking
• removed our EM_PHPMailer class and started using the one shipped with WordPress
• added %passwordurl% placeholder for new user registration email template
• added check for whether categories are enabled in many areas of code potentially avoiding a array_map PHP notice
• fixed preview mode duplicating tickets
• fixed widget formats stripping certain HTML elements
• fixed erratic date picker range behaviour when adjusting a start date later than the end date
• fixed original image getting deleted when modifying duplicated event image
• fixed orderby not including event_date_created and event_date_modified since 5.6.2
• fixed PHP warning when calling #_ATT to a non-existent attribute
• changed event debug meta box to display when WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY is also true rather than just WP_DEBUG
• fixed front-end submission false validation errors when submitting events with bookings enabled
• changed headers to new h1 standard on WP Dashboard pages
• fixed bookings admin viewer table not showing specific ticket bookings on front-end
• fixed ML hooking into em_event_save_meta and messing up the internal hook pointer by triggering it again
• fixed translated options PHP fatal error in rare occasions/setups
• fixed deprecated get_currentuserinfo notice in WP 4.5
• fixed PHP 7 division by zero warning
• fixed PHP 7 "array to string" notice
• fixed PHP 7 issues with EM_Ticket validation
• fixed grouped events list not showing long events on each group provided limit=0 is also supplied
• fixed apostrophes not passing email validation
• fixed buddypress fatal error when booking with notifications disabled,
• fixed buddypress activity stream items being created twice for new bookings
• fixed booking admin notes not being added in the front-end
• updated google maps api version and removed deprecated sensor parameter
• fixed searches not working for search terms containing apostrophes
• fixed blank settings pages due to 4.5 code changes to wp_get_referer()
• added em_bookings_deleted action which will execute when one or more bookings are deleted
• added em_bookings_delete filter for when a group of bookings are deleted with event(s)
• fixed EM_Bookings->delete() not deleting bookings properly
• deprecated use of EM_Event->delete_bookings() and EM_Event->delete_tickets() in favor of EM_Event->EM_Bookings->delete()

• changed translation gettext domain from dbem to events-manager inline with new wordpress.org translation features
• fixed EM_CSV_DELIMITER not being included in headers, added filter em_csv_delimiter to override EM_CSV_DELIMITER
• added wpfc-more class to allow hiding of time on 'more' link for WP FullCalendar
• fixed booking cut-off time not working if cut-off days is 0 or empty
• fixed front-end event submission form permission issues for new recurring events when publish cap is enabled but not edit_others and delete_others
• fixed Norwegian incorrectly translated placeholders
• fixed custom decimal separator not used in tax rate display
• minor js fix which fixes a grecaptcha related error notice
• fixed recurrence_byday db value saving as null for weekly Sunday events (kudos @giventofly76)
• removed event_date_created and _event_date_modified from the postmeta table as these are inaccurate, use the records from the wpem_meta table or directly via EM_Event->event_date_created or EM_Event->event_date_modified
• changed settings/admin capability from list_users to manage_options
• added EM_DISABLE_AUTO_BOOKINGSFORM which prevents booking form showing below post if format overriding disabled
• fixed WP 4.4 error on front-end event submission form
• fixed PHP notices in WP 4.4 when categories are disabled
• fixed Multiple Booking Mode bug in Pro introduced by WP 4.4 allowing NULL db values
• fixed like_escape debug warning on search form
• fixed twenty fifteen/sixteen CSS conflict hiding confirmation messages
• added bookings closed message
• updated all languages included typo fixes and added Arabic, Australian and Canadian English

• fixed no arguments being passed onto em_get_post_meta_pre and em_get_post_pre
• fixed minor PHP warning when viewing settings in paged tab mode
• fixed em_event_save_pre and em_location_save_pre firing before the get_post and validate functions/filters via the save_post action in the WP dashboard
• fixed EM loading jQuery UI css when already loaded by another theme (if they enqueue it with id jquery-ui)
• fixed bug introduced in 5.6 where some error/confirmation notices aren't showing up on page loads
• fixed mistaken update of Hungarian language files with German
• fixed EM_Location::has_events() providing false negatives
• added has_events and no_locations conditional location placeholders
• fixed actions column throwing off CSV column spacing since v5.6
• fixed orderby request parameter being ignored in EM_Bookings_Table
• fixed booking_date not being a valid orderby value for EM_Bookings
• fixed recurring events booking cut-off time resetting to 12AM when no days value is given

• fixed potential XSS and a potential code injection vulnerabilities (props to the team at bit9.com)
• updated Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (UK), Spanish, Estonian, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian and Slovenian language files
• added Greek and Slovak languages
• added MultiLingual abstract layer rewritten and various modifications throughout EM to enable multilingual interfacing with plugins like WPML
  • created abstract multilingual layer classes, a complete rewrite and overhaul
  • fixed em_events_get_bookings filter not allowing replacement of EM_Booking object
  • changed booking form placeholder template to reference EM_Bookings->event_id rather than EM_Event->event_id
  • fixed wp_insert_post_data not correctly loading/validating the event associated with the actual post id supplied
  • changed ML globe icon to use the globe dashicon
  • fixed attributes not being translatable as well as porting new attribute values added to original being added to other language if no translation exists
  • added single-tab view for options page if number of ML languages add more than 1000 fields to submit
• fixed some minor PHP warnings for edge cases
• fixed bp deprecated warning in debug mode
• added long_events default option to small and full calendar sizes on settings page
• fixed erroneous month returned when using functions and the 12th month (kudos @althie)
• removed a console.log function from the JS delete ticket function
• removed the forced 50px width/height of the full calendar day cells which breaks the calendar in twenty fifteen
• fixed global $EM_Event not loading before add_admin_boxes in admin area
• improved/simplified code for front-end image uploads handling which now uses media_handle_upload
• fixed #_CONTACTNAME showing anonymous events user rather than the guest submitter name
• fixed MS Global recurrences not saving global category info
• fixed recurring tickets triggering errors if only start date is defined
• fixed private locations searches not including eventless private locations
• changed some deprecated is_main_blog() functions to is_main_site()
• fixed JS DOM conflict by naming submit buttons 'submit'
• fixed 'Email Sent' being shown when no emails sent during booking status change
• fixed em_wp_the_title() unnecessarily filtering all the_title instances on event, location and EM pages rather than just the main title
• fixed long_events=0 not being considered for the WP Fullcalendar plugin
• fixed issue where when saving via WP admin the global $EM_Event object doesn't refresh all data before passing onto save_event filter
• added em_rewrite_rules_array_events filter for permalink rewrites
• fixed long events argument not taking in WP FullCalendar
• fixed filters em_bookings_table_rows_col and em_bookings_table_rows_col_{col_name} not supplying $object which could be an EM_Ticket_Booking object
• modified EM_Bookings_Table::get_row() to apply em_bookings_table_rows_col for every column
• fixed minor admin page bug where JS can clash with uses of pseudo URLs when certain plugins activated
• fixed EM_Calendar links clashing with WPML and potentially other plugins that manipulate urls
• added some esc_ functions to calendar links and templates an extra safety precaution
• added EM_CSV_DELIMITER constant check to allow overriding CSV delimiters
• added em_booking_output_event filter
• improved booking email sending so contact and extra admin emails sent in one go rather than in separate send functions
• added em_booking_js hook with intention of replacing em_gateway_js hook in the distant future
• fixed booking price rounding issues in EM_Booking::get_price()
• fixed event save_post hook issues when a new location CPT is created within it, which fixes ACF plugin saving issues
• fixed WPLANG php notice on installation/update
• fixed 'Manage Persons Bookings' page not filtering properly for non-admins
• fixed some false positive/negative results using EM_Object::can_manage()
• added additional db indexes for performance improvements
• fixed EM_Events::get() returning blank events when supplied an array of event IDs
• fixed advanced search & ticket editor advanced options toggle conflicts with twitter bootstrap-based themes
• updated classes and widgets to use PHP 5 constructor methods in lieu of WP 4.3 update
• fixed BP event duplication errors for non-owner group admins
• changed and cleaned up some table layout issues in templates/buddypress/group-events.php
• fixed current view/scope link not being bold in front-end events editor
• fixed saving recurrences not deleting currently trashed recurrences
• fixed location archives not adhering to sorting defined in settings page
• fixed users without the manage_booking capability being able to create events with bookings in the admin areas
• removed auto-insert of ul tags if no format_header or format_footer supplied in taxonomy list shortcode
• fixed some format, format_header and format_footer attributes not being output for custom value combinations
• fixed misspelt action em_front_event_form_guest (em_font_event_form_guest depricated, will remove in future)
• fixed custom taxonomies not being considered as default search args to make search form integration easier
• changed templates/templates/search/categories.php so default value is 0 rather than -1
• changed incorrect em_event_get_post filter applied for EM_Event::get_post_meta() which is now em_event_get_post_meta
• added em_event_get_post_meta_pre and em_event_get_post_pre actions
• fixed SQL error when searching non-existent taxonomy values or taxonomy names containing a hyphen
• fixed change of event ownership to anonymously submitted event not showing new owner contact information
• fixed soon-to-be deprecated templates/forms/ticket-form.php not including overridden forms/event/bookings-ticket-form.php file
• added em_timepicker_options JS trigger for altering time picker options
• fixed strict PHP error in templates/forms/bookingform/ticket-single.php
• added em_enqueue_admin_styles action and moved em_enqueue_admin_scripts action after em script is added
• added Russian Ruble to currency list
• fixed errors with some booking edit links on the front end
• changed use of deprecated function bp_core_add_notification to bp_notifications_add_notification
• added EM_Event::duplicate_url and changed templates with duplicate urls to use this so ML events will duplicate original translation
• fixed some potential validation errors when hooking into em_location_get_post_meta
• added admin global $EM_Location so it now becomes global during add_meta_boxes action
• added em_category_taxonomy_template and em_tag_taxonomy_template actions
• updated jQuery UI CSS files

• fixed a minor DOM XSS vulnerability

• fixed security vulnerability

• fixed booking cut-off time not being editable after event is saved
• fixed taxonomy search arguments not being applied on calendars and ajax lists,
• changed taxonomy search argument - not cleaned or converted to array during get_default_search() to prevent pagination link errors,
• fixed calendar pagination link argument comparison issues due to loose type comparison,
• changed calendar default arguments so scope=false and limit=settings_value (should have no effect - mainly future feature-proofing)
• fixed issue with weekly sunday only recurrences not validating
• fixed BP unregistered actions in admin area
• added new admin booking status emails to prevent confusion when pending/confirmed statuses are changed
• updated POT file

• see http://wp-events-plugin.com/news/events-manager-4-0-released/

• fixed recurrence slug and creation issue
• fixed created/modified dates which weren't always updating
• added bvi and greenland to countries list
• got rid of known warnings to date
• fixed various issues with the search form ajax and loaded values
• added extra location info to columns
• location placeholders fixed
• attribute now working properly as intended

• updated default formats and event options on install
• fixed title meta location problem
• added town/country/state/region search attributes for locations
• added extra linking formatting for calendars (minor tweak for bug report)
• datepicker locale now matches WPLANG setting (if applicable)
• fixed recurrence and category issues
• changed version update mechanism

• Fixed the update method for good now
• fixed booking pending email discrepency
• other minor booking bugs
• ics file formatting fix
• buddypress group events working as expected again
• booking form and rsvps showing fixed
• fixes to search form

• Fixed the 404 problem
• added Peru to countries, fixed broken accented characters in country lists
• added ticket description to booking form.
• reordered the search form to make more sense

• removed various php warnings
• added explanation for incorrect recurrences
• fixed RSS title/desc not using html entities
• fixed event widget scope problem
• MultiSite superadmins can manage all

• removed more php warnings
• fixed recurrence issue
• improved default values of country/state/region in search forms
• fixed ticketing issues with recurrences
• added workaround for IIS users with 404 issues
• fixed global maps not working in some instances
• made notice collisions when saving in sessions less likely
• fixed MS recurrence issue

• minium WP version is now 3.1
• prevented JS loading in non-EM admin screens again
• updated jQuery ui objects to use the 1.8.x core
• removed dependency on ajaxForm javascript
• new booking ticket placeholders for emails
• images now saving in recurrence mode
• images now saving in multisite global/local modes
• LOADS of bugfixes in buddypress
• removed user list showing for normal location editors
• cleaning up the attributes e.g. apostrophes
• images kept when detaching recurrent event
• location and categories now have slug choice and get properly cleaned
• added and corrected some countries (Syria, Peru, corrected Panama code)
• added option to disable registration emails going out
• tickets now accept digits, e.g $1.50
• location form in event more intuitive when using previous locations
• location form and map degrade more gracefully with small screens now.
• removed various php warnings

• just made settings page expanded
• added some update notifications for pro user

• fixed events not editing due to new location js
• fixed pro notification
• fixed calendar ajax year switching issue

• fixed bookings missing in non-approval mode

• added various google/user translated languages and updated pot file
• fixed various gettext domain errors
• search form defaults and behaviour fixed
• added dates to buddypress group events template
• improved the google maps js insertion (updated with google's new recommended code)
• no pending approvals when switching from auto-approval to approval mode
• added new "within month" scope
• various other nuances fixed

• nothing, just trying to get WP to recognize a new update

• fixed conflict of default category/event widget
• added/fixed some gettext domains
• removed some php warnings
• corrected filter misspelling of em_booking_get_prices to em_booking_get_price
• added a few new filters
• fixed initial notification emails not going out to event contact on pro payments

• fixed JS problem in admin area when WPLANG is set
• fixed confirmation email bug for pro users
• added belize to countries list

• events now allow 10 digit booking prices, if you have an event that costs more than this, call me :)
• fixed confirmation emails not firing from paid bookings
• fixed #_BOOKEDSPACES not including the confirmed booking in the total
• event details aren't copied by mistake to a location
• fixed booking notes
• added em_event_owner_dropdown_users filter
• added category selection in calendar widget

• Admin-editable bookings/tickets
• BP menu items do not show if a user doesn't have the relevant capabilities
• Member/Guest submit forms improved (still in beta due to pending template changes, but functionality is there)
• Updated the help pages with new placeholders
• Fixed a register-before-booking bug
• CSV event bookings export now an overridable template
• Cleaned up some ical formatting problems
• Countries list updated
• Fixed datepicker js issue in tickete
• Calendar headings have mb_ support for multi-byte characters.
• Various smaller bugfixes and warning removals

• single events can now be converted to recurring
• booking approval issue fixed
• group Event activities now included group wall
• fixed recurrence bug, where rescheduled past events aren't deleted
• dbem_phone fix
• initial password will now allow users to log in (bug in 4.14 only)
• fixed google map balloon centering and IE8 incompatability
• added the UK nations
• changed usernames shown in booking areas to full name (if available)

• image thumbnails added
• phone and further email booking problems fixed
• added ical feed settings
• added category events list formatting options (previously taken from location settings)
• split up booking form template file into template parts
• single ticket events with only one space (due to limits or availability) won't show selection box
• added some widget filters for search arguments
• booking notes bug in 4.15 fixed
• calendar widget fix for eventful today links not showing
• event, location and category slugs can now be changed via the wp-config.php file

For those upgrading from version 3 to 4, you must upgrade to version 3.0.98 manually and then to the latest version as usual. Please see this screencast for a walkthrough.

• corrected bad HTML in default category page format
• added booking form JS to the wp_footer area for more theme compatability
• added em_admin_paginate filter
• added em_bookings_{action} action for bookings page
• updated placeholder docs
• new tickets ordering setting
• ticket name and descriptions accept images and link html
• fixed bug when using whole year searches in shortcode
• edit bookings link placeholders won't show to users without permission
• booking form will not show when an event is fully booked
• fixed #_BOOKINGTICKETS placeholder showing incorrect space numbers
• cancel booking link re-appearing in my-bookings section
• improved display of group events
• fixed double seperator in title
• scope now being correctly saved in event widgets
• removed unnecesary filtering in email content, causing html entities in plaintext
• updated pot and German/Sweedish translations

• forced update to correct wordpress repository db update notification
• jquery CSS loaded by js if needed for the datepicker
• small css tweaks/fixes to the calendar
• fixed js captcha warning
• fixed warnings
• event_form time entry now using the js time entry script
• double booking now working as expected
• hid some event booking info/links for admin viewers in group event pages
• buddypress my bookings screen fixed

• best explained here: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/tagging-new-plugin-version-issues?replies=14#post-2376253

• best explained here: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/tagging-new-plugin-version-issues?replies=14#post-2376253

• removed JS entirely from booking form template, still included in footer (overriden templates should remove JS to avoid errors)
• fixed booking status name mixup when approvals are disabled
• added option to enable/disable user booking cancellation
• booking search attribute can use 'user' to show events booked by logged in user

• more calendar css cleanup
• timepicker now working for public event forms
• user cancellation of bookings now an option in settings
• tax percentage option
• fixed compatability with yoast seo plugin (EM overwrites the title)
• custom attributes breaking when nested in conditional tags fixed
• BP child themes should work properly now without the plugins.php file
• ical DQUOTES problem removed
• events now receive approval confirmation by email
• optional user registration

• more calendar css cleanup
• timepicker now working for public event forms
• user cancellation of bookings now an option in settings
• tax percentage option
• fixed compatability with yoast seo plugin (EM overwrites the title)
• custom attributes breaking when nested in conditional tags fixed
• BP child themes should work properly now without the plugins.php file
• ical DQUOTES problem removed
• events now receive approval confirmation by email
• optional user registration

• saving event tickets will now validate properly with meaningful errors
• my-bookings page will show/hide bookings depending on multisite settings (MS only)
• adjusted EM_Events output to use old preg from 4.212 but process custom atts beforehand

• group events show proper links to event pages, not edit pages
• PHPMailer updated to v5.2.0
• can_manage bug in MS Mode fixed
• added more actions to ticket forms/tables
• events_calendar shortcode now filtering location search attributes as expected

• added pubdate to rss feed
• fixed datepickers in single ticket mode not showing saved dates
• fixed bookings view/edit link on second pages of ajax navigator
• added Aruba to countries list
• corrected login error string not being overriden
• removed bogus event settings page in BP (for now)
• attendees list now ommitting unconfirmed bookings
• booking addon pages should now override correctly
• improved buddypress activity notification (supports pro stuses and only one activity if a group event)

• fixed my-bookings.php template for pagination errors
• fixed duplicate tickets produced in buddypress editor
• removed console.log from js
• fixed owner=0 when admins create ownerless events
• fixed bp activity posting of member links in 1.5

• searching from/to without one or another date works as intended
• fixed various old-named properties (and refreshed old properties after object save)
• fixed overriding front-end edit links from within admin area
• fixed #_EDITEVENTURL
• fixed location placeholder output/filter function
• fixed missing php in opening tag of search template

• added installation throttle, to prevent double event imports
• pending events migrate as pending now
• index auto-correction for non-indexed events/locations on save
• wp_rewrite theme compat hack for some offending themes
• guest submission now showing success message
• added events_gcal shortcode for google calendar
• fixed bad BP links in edit event/location tables
• added single event ical endpoint
• added import to google event placeholder
• fixed em_content_pre problem
• group event locations label showing
• empty attributes are saved when previously filled

• fixed fatal error on install (bug since 5.0.4)
• italian js translation added to prevent js error
• CVS title bug fix

• changed csv booking time to 24 hr format
• fixed EM_URI error
• added logged_in not_logged_in conditional placeholders
• buddypress does not override pages defined in settings > pages > other pages
• default events install properly now
• title seperator problem fixed
• fixed add theme support for thumbnail function not firing early enough

• fixed limit issue for calendars when no limit is set
• bookings feedback messages showing properly again
• manage my bookings page link functioning correctly now
• GBP pound sign fixed
• fixed location atts setting box not being checked for placeholders

For those upgrading from version 3 to 4, you must upgrade to version 3.0.98 manually and then to the latest version as usual. Please see this screencast for a walkthrough.

For those upgrading from version 3 to 4, you must upgrade to version 3.0.98 manually and then to the latest version as usual. Please see this screencast for a walkthrough.

For those upgrading from version 3 to 4, you must upgrade to version 3.0.98 manually and then to the latest version as usual. Please see this screencast for a walkthrough.

For those upgrading from version 3 to 4, you must upgrade to version 3.0.98 manually and then to the latest version as usual. Please see this screencast for a walkthrough.

• fixed search JS bug, preventing searchings being made

• fixed auto-delete bug where auto-draft recurring events deletes all events
• fixed recurrence pattern bug
• calendar ajax links are now SE and non JS friendly
• rss link fixed in non-permalinks mode
• added sorting options to my bookings page
• updated de_DE, cs_CZ, dk_DK
• fixed admin email not going out if booking approvals disabled

• added is_past and is_future conditionals
• corrected conditional regex to allow multiple duplicate conditionals and nesting
• fixed some wp_rewrite irregularities due to slug combinations/conflicts
• fixed template format files not overriding

• pinpoint your location with dragable map markers!
• sortable booking table collumns and additional collumns
• seriously improved CSV exporting options with sortable booking collumns
• buddypress private group events now only shown to group members
• added extra ID collumns to event/location/category admin lists
• resend emails, change booking status, and modify booking form information as well as ticket numbers
• any aspect of a booking can now be edited front-end with or without BuddyPress
• customizable cancel booking message and confirmation
• 24 hour option for time pickers possible in admin area
• wp archive options visible now regardless of event/location page options
• further fixes to post thumbnail compatability (hopefully fixed for good!)
• added "Add New" location and recurring events to admin bar
• blank pending status corrected in my bookings pages
• fixed event categories when event is a subsite event shown on main site
• added Swedish datepicker translations
• fixed pagination issue
• updated Danish, Dutch, Swedish languange files
• small fix for duplicating plugins that keep the event id when saving dupe (WPML fix)
• added ticket name field in single ticket mode
• fixed pre 2k events showing in future events list in admin area
• changed calendar linking so it works on all/most themes without JS
• fixed bad translation of JS calendar days in Italian
• hard-coded country names for currently translated languages
• fixed some incompatibilities with Yoast Breadcrumbs
• modified date fixed in ical
• single event ical endpoint detection improved
• fixed reserved spaces miscalculation bug
• invalid taxonomy ids now stripped from searches
• improvements to wp rewrite compatability by registering events and locations in varied order
• fixed recurrence bug for single day events ending next early morning
• depreciated attributes deleted if blank and resaved
• single-event.php now overrides EM regardless of page settings
• front-end deleted events now trashed (if available) rather than deleted
• fixed errors on recurring event creation with bad ticket data
• admin localized js variables (messages) hidden to public
• php and wp mail functions called directly instead of via em/phpmailer
• depreciated js .live() calls and used jQuery 1.7's .on() function, hence min wp 3.3 version

• fixed bp group hidden events not going private
• fixed countries list not working for certain langauges

• rewritten booking email function, simpler, less error-prone, overriedable and yet same effect
• fixed tax not showing on booking table totals
• fixed booking objects get_price filters, removed em_booking_get_prices from em-ticket-booking.php in place of em_ticket_booking_get_price
• changed filter name em_tickets_bookings_get_prices to em_tickets_bookings_get_price (bad name according to convention)
• admin email can be sent to multiple emails (comma delimited in settings)
• added booking status message filter
• added custom no events message in events widget
• fixed ical not working in non-permalinks mode ( must have /?ical=1 at end of homt url )
• removed original CSV export link in place of booking table exporter, unless users made a custom template
• BuddyPress private group or normal private event info are now not shown in site activity.
• fixed some php warnings
• fixed certain languages breaking date formats
• added #_EVENTCATEGORIESIMAGES
• added yearly recurrences
• added a cut-off date for bookings, so bookings can take place past event start dates
• fixed some issues with dev mode checks
• fixed booking button and multiple bookings at once bug
• fixed ticket spaces export bug
• fixed rss pubdate format
• improved CSS for booking tables front-end
• edit event locations dropdown shown to users if they can read events (previously only if could edit)
• updated the POT file and Swedish translations
• added #_CONTACTMETA placeholder
• cleaned up the RSS filters so HTML now is allowed in feed

• fixed multiple admin emails not going out
• updated timthumb to v2.8.10
• updated placeholder outputting to avoid overwriting longer variations of similarly named placeholders
• fixed #_BOOKINGTICKETNAME not working
• single location and event pages will still use location-single.php and event-single.php templates
• fixed thumbnail image links on multisite to work with timthumb, thanks BinaryMoon for the tut!
• Reduced sql calls for booking object instantiation. $EM_Booking->custom doesn't exist anymore, and notes must be loaded first with $EM_Booking->get_notes().
• EM_Category->has_events() depreciated, returns false always
• More wp_rewrite tweaks to improve compatability
• fixed 24 hour formatting setting being ignored in timepicker
• fixed bad datepickers in single ticket mode
• fixed locations not being auto-approved if submitted via front-end and event is auto-approved.

• added excludeable categories (use negative numbers instead)
• clarified some of the field tips of "other pages" in options
• fixed thumbnail issue in MS (again)
• added event dates and times as sortable booking collumns
• fixed multisite duplicate post id bug in global mode
• simplified meaning of EM_Bookings::get_booked_spaces, so it's just booked spaces, not pending. get_available_spaces() should be used for reserved seats instead.
• replaced old default date formats with #EVENTDATES and #EVENTTIMES
• fixed some datepicker problems in single ticket mode with start/end date tickets
• removed jQuery datepicker and autocomplete libraries, now using WP's internal scripts instead
• improved the reliability of returned json data in booking form
• fixed categories not editable in front-end,
• added email not sent flag to booking object
• fixed tags not working for slug searches
• fixed dst issues in ical calendars
• added name/slug search fall back for tags search
• added datepicker custom date formatting
• fixed non registered user problem for failed JS submissions
• fixed some rsvp conditional and gcal placeholders
• added jquery-ui-css id to jquery ui css loader to promote compatability with others
• you can now add a custom functions.php file within yourtheme/plugins/events-manager/
• improved title rewriting compatibility
• added hierarchies to category dropdowns
• fixed an object reference error in em-object.php send_mail()
• added jQuery em_booking_success event to document
• fixed tickets not showing start/end dates in admin after editing
• fully booked message now shown rather than closed message
• location description won't take event description in public submission forms
• re-added get_date_format for backwards compatability with overriding templates
• fixed pagination issue in my events page on front-end
• fixed potential security xss exploit in json call links
• fixed default country overriding all country search option on search pages
• fixed pagination issue on my events page on the front-end

• important - Modified template files? See this http://em.cm/datetime
• fixed jigoshop session_start conflict
• removed some group metabox php warnings
• fixed slashes added to location/event name in db table
• fixed/improved multisite capability management (see network admin settings)
• events with >1 ticket will show multi-ticket editor regardless of single ticket mode setting
• updated Brazilian language, added Catalan and fixed a few language datepicker oddities
• fixed RSS validation fails for some special characters
• fixed cancellations being possible after event boookings close
• fixed admin-side search-by-category
• fixed manage_others_bookings not allowing access to bookings without other caps
• fixed calendar widgets taking on day link search arguments from other parts of the page
• fixed admin email problems when in auto-approve mode and using alternate status numbers e.g. 5
• added force-approve booking flag in EM_Booking::set_status
• fixed ical locations and apostrophes and single ical file time offsets
• fixed gallery shortcode for recurring events
• fixed guest event submission auto-complete
• refactored booking form JS to allow multiple forms on one page
• fixed some booking js ui animations
• fixed booking table overlay issues
• added more js vars for translation purposes
• improved placeholder replacement logic
• added em_event_submission_login filter
• simplified timepicker and datepicker JS and html strucuture for re-use
• EM_Notices behaviour changed so errors are printed and not deleted, only at start/end of script

• fixed bug with bookings being open/closed due to changes in 5.1.8.5

• quick fix for fatal error on front-side event submit forms when bp is disabled

• added member-only tickets
• added em_bookings_added action
• fixed broken grouped events titles
• fixed some timezone nuances in the ical, simpler and hopefully more reliable dealing with dst
• fixed pesky recurrence bug not ignoring the new booking cut-off dates intended single events, as a result all recurring event cut-off times will be reset to null to prevent prematurely closed booking forms.
• simplified some tab and panel names in the settings page, moved location map balloon settings to maps section
• booking forms will now show under event content if override with formats is set to 'no'
• fixed some event/location attribute nuances with regards to defaults overriding each other, will document
• made attributes, categories and featured image sections in public event/location editors their own template parts
• removed links to person summary page if in no-user booking mode and user isn't registered
• fixed bad action url in booking form when under subdirectory installs (although not actually used by ajax)
• fixed MS queries defaulting to global searches, including transactions
• fixed MS network blog tables not being deleted by WP along with rest of blog

• fixed single ticket template and name of spaces being hard coded
• added em_booking_form_ticket_spaces action
• closed date and time picker inits with functions
• fixed warnings on options page
• fixed potential 0 spaces being available on tickets with a min requirement
• fixed ticket warning
• fixed some permalink issues for homepage and child pages of events pages
• fixed rare fatal error due to undefined object in admin/em-bookings.php

• fixed long google calendar link issue
• fixed and improved duplication function
• allowed cancel link for offline pending bookings status
• fixed MS bug with featured images in global mode on different main/sub sites
• fixed duplicate booking activity posts when event belongs to a group
• fixed template templates/events-list.php for grouped events list
• fixed dots in usernames breaking booking activity feed links
• added booking comment collumn to booking admin tables
• changed some localized edit %s strings
• fixed booking links pointing to admin/front-side oppositely on ajax calls
• fixed tag and category searches showing all events if categories/tags don't exist

• changed validation order for bookings (no validation done in EM_Event::get_post())
• EM_Tickets_Bookings::$tickets_bookings now an associative array, keys are ticket id
• EM_Notices now accepts 2 level arrays for nested errors
• added em_bookings_table_export_options, em_bookings_admin_ticket_row actions
• added em_bookings_table_get_headers filter
• admins can now manually approve bookings regardless of whether events are fully booked and overbooking enabled
• fixed search page bugs
• removed some unecessary validations on get_post functions, assumed these are only run on validate() and save(), eventually it'll just be validate()
• fixed js issues when updating ticket options with checkboxes
• hooked into the_excerpt_rss filter to allow overriding event formats on normal rss feed
• fixed recurring event not correctly saving timestamps
• fixed minimum spaces problem on booking form, added 'required' tickets option to allow more possibilities
• fixed js incompatability
• fixed link on single booking admin page if user is a guest in no-user mode
• updated German, French, Hebrew, Dutch, added partial Chinese translation
• hid some unecessary localized JS strings depending on what features are enabled (bookings/recurrences)
• fixed negative non-existant category id searches showning no events instead of all events
• fixed pagination problem on templates/calendar-day.php
• added js triggers em_booking_error and em_booking_complete
• fixed event price placeholders not accounting for unavailable tickets

• fixed min ticket space number calculation issues in booking forms
• fixed multiple admin emails for event submission by members with publish rights
• added em_bookings_ajax_complete/error jquery events/hooks
• updated/added Swedish, Chinese, and Finnish translations, kudos to Tommy Wahlund, Leonardo Losoviz and @Daedalon respectively
• fixed mailer charset problem in SMTP mails
• added dbem to some __ functions
• added ticket-price class to single ticket booking form html
• fixed datepicker breaking on themes inserting br tags into search/booking forms
• fixed html email setting not working in MultiSite
• added Guadaloupe to countries list
• added em_csv_header_output action (e.g. for Excel hack)
• changed/prevented registration email going out until after booking is completely saved
• added filter em_object_json_encode_pre
• fixed country searches on events page/search form
• added conditional placeholders is_private not_private is_recurrence not_recurrence
• fixed #_EVENTEXCERPT not having formatting filters applied
• changed the_content run at priority 9 for category pages
• fixed private location autocomplete/search issues
• fixed recurrences not being deleted when done from front-end
• fixed edit user link on booking admin area
• fixed edit location link showing to all
• fixed typo in map balloon hint on settings page
• removed default contact person setting (used in < v5.0, now uses author)
• added width/height property to thumbnail img html
• fixed deleted MS subsites not deleting events/locations from global tables
• fixed maps showing undefined fields on first load of edit event with location ddm enabled
• fixed non-registered attendees not being included in no-user mode for #ATTENDEE and #ATTENDEELIST
• fixed front-end location admin pagination
• reduced sql statements for county my/all locations on front-end locations admin page
• fixed select all ui problem (thx @Daedalon)
• fixed array_key_exists php warning in EM_Object::can_manage
• changed is_main_blog to is_main_site
• added grandchildren detection when generating permalink rules for events page
• added auto br to emails option in email settings

• fixed js bug arsing from 5.2.7 js 'fix' for datepickers
• fixed categories not showing up on single category pages
• fixed php warning when quick-saving

• added spaces to comma seperators of location on locations admin table
• improved user deletion hook, bookings now get deleted along with user
• replaced depreciated placeholders in default widget values
• added booking form anchor to action url
• updated POT file and Swedish
• added Japanese, kudos to Kenta Sakamoto
• fixed minimum ticket space value not allowing 0 spaces even if ticket not required
• added em_event_save_events_slug filter
• added $EM_Event to all do_action parameters on templates/placeholders/bookingform.php
• changed #_MAP to #_LOCATIONMAP on installation defaults
• wrapped bookings dashboard sections into divs with class names
• fixed formatting links/texts in settings page tips
• added em_options_booking_form_options action and save button on settings page > bookings > booking form options
• fixed use of global $wp_query when passed within parse_query action - thx Scott @ Pods framework plugin
• added wp_dropdown_pages instead of manual page select generation
• fixed useage of outdated user_firstname/user_lastname property for EM_Person::get_name()
• improved ticket minimum calculation (takes into account if ticket is only ticket in event, therefore required)
• fixed EM_Tickets and EM_Tickets_Bookings not storing ticket/ticket_bookings array key by ticket id
• locations list format header and footer now install ul by default, if blank no wrapped ul is used (which previously contained an 'a' outside an li)
• small fix to em_content_categories_args, now applied to EM_Categories::get() and EM_Categories::output() in templates/categories-list.php
• shortened gcal link some more to prevent some (rare) "404 url too long" errors
• added login redirection to same page in login link of my bookings page

• corrected date_format/dbem_date_format typo on templates/templates/my-bookings.php
• fixed calendar links with extra search args if using non-permalinks
• fixed some non-translated strings
• updated pot file
• added em_booking_add_registration_result filter
• fixed add_user_to_blog on MS bookings not providing a default role
• fixed navbar issue for blogs with events page assigned to homepage
• updated Dutch translation, thanks to Arnout Eykelhoff
• partially-updated Russian translation, thanks to Evgeniy Efimenko
• fixed #_EVENTNOTES being converted before other placeholders, which potentially caused problems if using shortcodes with formats
• updated Chinese thanks to Leo Losoviz
• added #_ATTENDEESPENDINGLIST
• improved JS compatability with booking form (spinner and jumping up to errors/confirmation feedback)
• fixed reserved pending spaces not being approvable if event is full
• fixed categories and other plugin postmeta not being duplicated with event
• reverted to previous use of global $wp_query in parse_query filters with additional fix to prevent clash with Pods framework

• Updated russian translation, thanks to Alexander Tsinkalov
• improved how EM hooks into the_content and similar template tag hooks to improve compatability with other plugins incorrectly using this outside the loop
• fixed rsvp cut-off time not being considered
• fixed missing $ in admin_capability variable of EM_Object::can_manage()
• added recurrences search attribute
• corrected some typos in category event form class, recurrence description
• prevented spaces in comma-delimited email lists failing email validations
• fixed bp event profile page urls breaking when event slugs contain slashes
• updated [events] and [location] to default to use globals if no ids passed on, so it can be used in location/event descriptions
• added resubmitted event confirmation messages
• Updated Spanish translation - thanks to Pon Joan Llaneras

• fixed blog switching compatability in MS Global mode due to switch_blog improvements in 3.5 release

(dev) = * added is_singular to $wp_query on format overriden category pages, fixes conflict with WooThemes Canvas theme

• changed taxonomy pages to use is_tax() to check whether page is a taxonomy page, rather than checking the $wp_query object
• fixed booked spaces being off if approvals are disabled and booking has status 0 from when approvals were enabled
• added #_CATEGORYSLUG
• fixed bad usage of wpdb::prepare in classes/em-object.php
• added em_actions_locations_search_cond for autocompleter
• added Bermuda and Jersey to countries list
• fixed title rewriting warning when $sep is blank
• fixed BP 'add event' link appearing to all users on event profile pages
• fixed loading of unused post meta overwriting post fields/properties
• added multilingual capability
• added WPML add-on warning
• simplified enqueue of styles and scripts, now uses wp_enqueue_scripts action
• added performance optimization options for CSS and JS files
• removed usage of PHP sessions in exchange for temporary cookies
• added possiblility to use wp thumbnails rather than timthumb (category images need resaving via uploader)
• added #_LOCATIONLONGITUDE and #_LOCATIONLATITUDE placeholders
• added em-pagination span wrapper and em-tablenav-pagination classnames to normal and table pagination sections
• fixed location searches not returning results admin-side in MS global tables with locations on main blog
• updated JS for location map to update when location name changed
• added pagination and limits to location and category event list placeholders.
• updated finnish language
• fixed minor php warning when deleting a user with no events in MultiSite
• fixed php warnings on category pages using formats, major change to how formats are overriden, now rewrites WP_Query completely
• added em_options_page_panel_admin_tools action to admin tools section of options page
• fixed #_BOOKINGPRICE and other booking price placeholders not using currency formatting option
• fixed permissions issue with groups plugin (thx itthinx)
• added Slovak translation, thanks to Branco
• added em_bookings_table_row_booking_price_ticket filter (needed for Pro ticket exports w/coupons)
• added default rows/cols attributes to booking form textarea field for valid html
• fixed conflict with caching plugins and booking forms due to cached wpnonces
• added #_CATEGORYDESCRIPTION to default EM filters of content placeholders
• updated timthumb.php to version 2.8.11

• fixed Multilingual settings not saving default language setting if other than english
• fixed typo in performance optimization settings
• fixed warning of undefined ID on archive pages when enqueuing scripts
• fixed special characters being converted to entities in non-html emails
• fixed typo in options for category/location event list placeholders
• corrected Slovak translation, thanks to Julius Pastierik
• added British translation, thanks to Jeff Cole
• added some code to booking form js to prevent JS conflicts with JetPack's reCaptcha
• added base64 encoding/decoding to em_notice cookies for improved compatibility
• fixed potential php warning in EM_Tickets class
• event spaces show as blank rather than 0 on input form (aesthetic change in line with the field help text)
• added alphabetical ordering to category and countries ddms in search form and admin event categories ddm
• fixed XSS vulnerabilities - http://em.cm/xss
• fixed em_is_category_page() and added check for specific categories (like is_tax() second parameter), added em_is_tag_page() with checks for specific tags
• added #_EVENTPRICERANGEALL and fixed #_EVENTPRICERANGE showing if booking closed but unavailable tickets set to true (docs need revising)
• improved speed of event shortcode by adding global event object
• added ordering of locations by name and other location table fields in event queries such as events_list shortcode
• added some missing classes to event form 'when' section

• fixed bug in placeholder formatting

• added is_free, is_free_now, not_free and not_free_now conditional placeholders
• modified EM_Event::is_free() so it can also check if event is free at that moment,
• added do_shortcode filter to dbem_notes so shortcode is parsed outside single event pages
• fixed category filtering when using negative/positive combinations
• fixed category filtering in MS Global mode
• fixed missing menus items for normal blog admins in MS without plugin caps
• updated italian and swedish
• added finish countries translations
• added sorting for countries lists (previously sorted by country code)
• updated POT file
• updated French, updated German (unfuzzied loads of strings, may need some corrections)
• booking meta now uses maybe_unserialize on instantiation
• separated booking validation from save function
• moved user registration logic during bookings into a reusable function
• cleaned up the email admin setting panels for submissions and booking templates
• booking email messages array now generated in separate function
• added em_get_location and em_get_event filters for event/location object retrieval functions
• added em_get_booking getter function with corresponding filter and changed all used of new EM_Booking()
• added em_bookings_admin_page action at start of booking admin pages
• added taxes functions to booking and object classes
• added get_admin_url function for booking object
• added get_price_taxes function to booking object
• added bookings filter condition to exclude bookings with event_id of 0 by default (for Pro Multi-Bookings)
• added data response as second argument to jQuery em_maps_locations_hook event
• fixed bookings form showing on password-protected events
• fixed MS Global blog switching issues when saving
• fixed $EM_Booking->get_tickets() returning all tickets rather than tickets in specific booking
• fixed hidden BP groups not showing to admins
• fixed some German translation file inconsistencies
• fixed blank datepickers if date format is left blank in settings
• fixed tags filter searching multiple tags returning no events
• fixed some MultiSite PHP warnings when adding/deleting sites
• fixed booking button not showing cancel if event is fully booked
• changed booking button so only one booking can be made
• fixed attributes not showing on event submission forms if categories are disabled (option name typo)
• added editable form, so no-user bookings user data can also be edited
• changed booking form JS enqueueing by moving it into EM_Bookings object as a function
• changed booking JS to use on() event delegation for more AJAX compatibility
• fixed some booking form CSS field styling inconsistencies
• fixed issues with locations on sub-blogs when in MultiSite Global mode with locations restricted to main blog
• fixed duplicate confirmations/warnings on MultiSite location admin pages
• changed (improved) EM_Object::can_manage method to avoid extra calls and potential warnings
• changed csv export of single event so the file name

• fixed some XSS vulnerabilites in the booking form/admin areas

• fixed extra paragraphs being added to #_EVENTNOTES
• fixed location 'no events' message format not using header/footer formats
• updated Finnish, German and POT files
• added customizable event and location page templates
• improved em_options_select() now can create optgroup groups if an array value is supplied
• fixed clashes with JetPack Tiled Galleries
• fixed timthumb thumbnails issues with MultiSite and virtual links
• fixed multisite global problems when fetching and saving main blog events previously saved with NULL blog_id
• fixed bug with categories search attribute not working if any spaces exist such as "1, 2"
• improved offset calculations in ical for some servers
• improved ical generation to avoid memory limit problems with very large numbers of events
• fixed RSS feed pubdate format
• improved generation of RSS feed to avoid memory_limit errors on very large feeds
• changed em_rss_pubdate wp_option to em_last_modified which is now a timestamp
• improved em_get_wp_users() function to fix overload caused by http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/23609
• changed default events aren't created anymore
• changed public events admin table template to allow viewing of draft events (duplicates) and modified view linking formats
• changed duplicates so they now become drafts by default not published
• improved settings page tab/section loading UX
• added event archives scope
• improved MultiSite Global so unnecessary tables aren't created for every blog
• fixed outdated group tip on event form (you can detach group events)
• added #_CONTACTURL
• fixed tags not being added to recurrences if no categories assigned too
• fixed datepicker problem on search pages when scope not defined and switching pages
• fixed wp_em_events post_content not being updated if description is removed
• added wp_title filter to widgets
• fixed incorrect number of events per day shown in full calendar according to settings
• fixed the_title usage to check the post id supplied in second parameter
• changed/fixed action where rules are rewritten on settings changes causing 404s for CPTs created in theme functions.php file
• fixed bug with W3TC repeating first no-user booking name for all others in admin table views
• fixed 'email exists' errors in no-user bookings mode
• added option for no-user registration with registered emails
• added #_CATEGORYNEXTEVENT, added formatting options for location/category next event placeholders
• improved event, location and category timthumb thumbnails so they accept 0 as a width/height to prevent cropping
• added ical scope option
• fixed category placeholders not being replaced in alphabetical order (so #CATEGORYNEXTEVENT cannot overwrite #CATEGORYNEXTEVENTS)
• added #_TAGNEXTEVENT and formatting options
• fixed problem with pagination not highlighting first page number when doing searches
• changed maps js to close other infowindows for locations map when marker is clicked
• added locations search attribute
• fixed autoembed and embed shortcode support for event/category/location placeholders for descriptions
• fixed duplicates triggering 'published' actions on duplications such as tweeting via WP to Twitter
• fixed author not being changed on quick edit
• fixed conflicts with various plugins which add custom registration validation (e.g. SI Captcha, Theme My Login, etc.)
• fixed bug where #_LATT fields not appearing in public location editor if event attributes aren't enabled
• added booking links to edit event booking stats meta box even if no bookings made
• added em_bookings_filtered and em_locations_autocomplete_selected jQuery events
• fixed links pointing to admin on public booking admin tables after pagination clicks or multiple ajax calls
• updated German translation
• added em_calendar_get_args filter
• improved EM_Category::has() - now also checks category name too
• removed redundant functions in EM_Category
• improved default ordering of events in categories page applied to EM_Category::get_default_search() rather than just category pages,
• improved category taxonomy when overriding with formats when using an assigned categories page (particularly breadcrumbs)
• added specific tweaks for Yoast WP SEO plugin for breadcrumbs when using an assigned categories page
• added a tags page and template
• created EM_Tags class - very similar to EM_Categories
• fixed lack of pagination on tag placeholders showing related events
• fixed private locations turned public not appearing in public listings
• fixed today/tomorrow scope not working properly in wp-admin
• fixed pagination variables overriding shortcodes with fixed page attribute
• improved - minor adjustment to location autocomplete ui tip text behaviour
• added em_map_loaded js trigger for location admin map
• updated German

• fixed timthumb issues due to new local fetching modification and bad file inclusion path
• fixed time/date separators in settings page not being used
• added yarpp support to post types
• fixed some tag and category warnings when using assigned tags/categories pages
• fixed various PHP warnings
• updated French

• fixed XSS vulnerability in search form field
• fixed php warnings in events-list.php
• 'mail sent' messages not shown if no mails actually sent without errors, changed wording of 'mail' to 'email'
• updated French and German languages
• added links to category page on #_EVENTCATEGORYIMAGES images
• reordered search form template variable definitions for future splitting up of fields into individual reusable templates
• changed htmlspecialchars to esc_attr, added esc_attr to various input fields
• improved sanitization of front-end form title submission to prevent entity conversion in db records
• fixed missing EM js variables on public edit/submit events page

• fixed drag/drop in bookings admin not always recognizing the change
• improved location search and reset ui logic
• fixed precision of long/lat values in database
• fixed taxonomy filtering bug in admin area
• added possibility to override timthumb via wp-content/em-timthumb-config.php
• fixed some php warnings
• updated French, Russian, Czech translations and POT file
• changed templates/tables/events.php to use $EM_Event instead of $event
• fixed #_BOOKINGBUTTON JS jumps when clicked
• revamped pricing calculations to account for taxes applied at time of booking (see http://em.cm/v5-4)
• added a standardized discounts system pre/post tax
• fixed EM overridden pages showing despite password-protection
• fixed some settings typos
• fixed month scope filter skipping last day of month events in admin events list area

• fixed sortable collumns not working on export bookings function

• improved the handling of orphaned events and locations, they now show information and can be deleted front-end
• fixed deleting of drafts on front-end,
• fixed display/deleting of trashed events and locations on front-end
• changed status of trashed events and locations to -1 (old trashed events may still show up front-end)
• added escaping to search input field in front-end events admin,
• front-end events admin search form now works in all event statuses
• added draft/pending/publish as possible values to event/location status search attribute,
• took out unnecessary update of post_name in EM_Event::set_status()
• fixed untranslated dates when showing post meta
• updated German and Russian translations
• changed recurrence form to say 'each event SPANS x days' instead of LASTS
• changed SQL statement to use of EM_Event::set_status() in EM_Event::save()
• location shortcode and functions can now search status by text name (trash/pending/publish/draft)
• fixed em_bookings_get_tickets filter being applied in wrong function instead of em_bookings_get_available_tickets
• fixed email subjects showing escaped entities
• fixed events with members only tickets showing bookings closed to guests
• added option to show member-only tickets to guests
• modified booking form and tickets list templates to achieve the above two changes
• fixed invalid username characters such as + in emails causing registration errors
• fixed tickets admin JS where deleting default ticket prevents new ticket being added without page reload
• added #_BOOKINGSUMMARY placeholder
• added registration email templates to settings page
• added location and description format options to ical settings,
• added description of event to ical feed,
• merged single event ical template ical-event.php (now deprecated) with main ical.php feed
• fixed is_past conditional not considering if current events are set to be past events,
• added is_current conditional placeholder
• improved excerpt handling by balancing html tags when more tag is used
• added word limiting options to #EVENTEXCERPT and #LOCATIONEXCERPT,
• added formatting filters to excerpt (applicable when not using word limiting)
• improved/refined search form AJAX to include state/region/town lists if country is defined as well as omitting null values
• added month formatting option in settings page for calendars
• moved em_events_get_sql filter above/before count function executes sql
• added #BOOKINGDATE #_BOOKINGTIME and #BOOKINGDATETIME placeholders
• improved EM_Category object - now can be created with slug or name
• improved taxonomy search arguments, now capable of automatically searching any taxonomy registered with events or locations
• updated POT file and German language
• added EM_Walker_Category class and hierarchical category checkboxes in event admin MS Global subsites
• modified JS (minor) - checks EM.ui_css is set before loading jQuery UI CSS
• improved Google Maps - now capable of being responsive via placeholders, shortcode and settings page
• added excel 'hack' to support UTF-8 characters

• minor JS mod for some rare IE9 conflicts by moving global load_ui_css variable into jQuery.ready()
• fixed booking form showing tickets twice
• fixed issues with placeholders not converting if immediately preceded by a conditional opening/closing tag
• fixed overriden emails/new-user.php templates not being respected anymore since this was added to settings
• fixed timepicker compatibility with jQuery 1.9.1
• fixed google maps js being loaded if previously loaded by another plugin
• fixed translation domain missing for some text in settings page
• fixed ical infinite loop problem when limit is 0
• fixed MS Global Tables bug when filtering by categories for sub-site events
• added RSS events limit option
• removed location page title format option from settings if not in MS Global mode
• modified location search attribute for events with no locations

• updated Spanish, Polish and POT translations
• fixed search attribute owner so 'me' will show no events to guest users
• added optional $email_attendee parameter to EM_Booking::email() function
• updated lightness css theme to support jQuery UI 1.10.x (used in WP 3.6)
• fixed JS errors related to jQuery 1.10.x (used in WP 3.6)
• moved em_template_my_bookings_footer action so only called if logged in,
• fixed event_date_created not being saved in events table
• fixed "Email Sent" message showing up if no emails sent,
• added em_booking_admin_emails filter
• added bookings table default ordering by date of booking
• fixed CSS for event editor location fields and maps not appearing on same row
• fixed links on MS subsites in global mode to other blogs being incorrect if direct linking disabled
• fixed eventful locations search showing trashed/pending locations
• fixed problems with previous_status flags in event and location objects
• fixed problems with approval email notifications not going out
• added responsive resizing for location google maps
• fixed read_others_locations not being enforced to location dropdown on event editor
• fixed bookings cut-off time not being saved on all-day events
• fixed php warning on category page
• fixed some words within formats not being translated on first install
• fixed various missing translation domains from gettext functions

• fixed different versions of http/https maps js libraries being called
• added performance improvements to calendar queries and generation, speeding up calendars with many events per month
• added Reunion to countries list
• added more meaningful text to settings page to clarify booking pages
• added link to profile page to avoid confusion with admin test emails
• fixed php warning in my bookings page bottom pagination
• changed booking ticket editor forms and removed the jQuery UI Dialog in favour of inline forms
• added guest-only ticket option
• added member role restriction options to tickets
• changed jQuery datepicker to have a -100 +10 year range
• added numeric check to ticket spaces during get_post
• added public class flags for event/location/booking admin and my bookings pages,
• changed - consolidated generation of all "my bookings" pages to go via em-template-tags.php functions
• removed my bookings page being generated via events page if no page defined (you should now define a page or use the shortcode)
• changed all listing shortcdodes and template tags to use relevant list template if no specific format supplied
• improved event list/search ajax JS
• added AJAX capabilities to search forms and event/location/category/tag lists with pagination
• added data attribute support for pagination links when AJAX is enabled
• revamped the search form styling and structure
• added location page search form and shortcode/template tags
• fixed pagination bug when searching events/locations with text
• fixed EM_Mailer fatal error bug
• fixed strpos() warning on em_get_locations
• improved efficiency of grouped events list
• added bookings_open and bookings_closed conditional event placeholders
• added CSS flags to templates for future-stying possibilities to event/location pages and lists, tag lists, category lists, booking forms and front-end admin areas
• changed search form and pagination AJAX php to use wp_ajax_ actions
• moved pagination functionality into extendable EM_Object::get_pagination_links for use in *::output() functions
• moved EM_Events::get_post_search() into EM_Object::get_post_search() to allow sharing with other objects using search forms
• moved display code for em_get_events_list_grouped function contents into EM_Events::output_grouped()
• changed EM_Events and EM_Locations into 'static'-only classes (function scoping will follow eventually)
• changed scopes of EM_Object::get_post_search and EM_Object::get_pagination_links to static
• added near, near_unit and near_distance search arguments for coordinate-based searches
• added geographical searching and Google places autocomplete service
• added more search form options to settings page
• removed page number and list number definitions from within list templates
• modified various templates, detailed below:
• changed booking ticket template by unifying forms/ticket-form(s).php into forms/event/bookings-ticket-form.php
• changed forms/bookingform/tickets-list.php to account for displaying guest and role-restricted tickets
• removed inline JS from forms/event/bookings.php template
• removed inclusion of forms/tickets-form.php from forms/event-editor.php
• added inline js from forms/event-editor.php to JS file
• moved em-tickets-form div ID to cover just tickets and event-rsvp-options covers the rest,
• unbolded labels and made headings h4 in bookings section of forms/event/bookings.php
• changed h4 to h3 in event-editor.php and location-editor.php templates
• removed search form inclusion on templates/events-list.php and is now included separately
• added wrapper class to templates/events-list.php layout for future styling
• moved grouped events out of events-list.php into events-list-grouped.php template
• fixed/added sanitization to EM_Ticket::get_post to prevent potential xss,
• fixed/added escaping to booking form template
• fixed recurrences not updating category in main site of MS Global installs
• fixed overriding the_content for valid items in a loop when on tag and category pages
• removed global $EM_Location from locations admin list template
• fixed the em_maps_location_hook js hook not being triggered event/location admin pages
• fixed php warning when creating events with no location info
• fixed some untranslated text
• added parsing of placeholders on single event and location page titles (useful in SEO plugins)
• lowered priority of wp_footer js to 20 (from 10)
• moved WP FullCalendar integration code into EM (and loaded only if needed)
• updated Swedish, German and French language files
• added Chinese Simplified (Taiwan)
• updated POT file
• changed - simplified inclusion of event post type in search results
• changed - set priority of save_post for events/locations to 1
• added preemptive validation during wp_insert_post_data which immediately makes it a draft before any saving is done
• fixed php warning in bookings admin table
• added per-event tax rate function and corresponding em_event_get_tax_rate filter
• improved map loading JS and now can be used in ajax searches
• changed templates/map-global.php - moved coordinates div into container div
• added js em_maps_loaded and em_ajax_search events
• updated jQuery - changed instances of .attr('checked') to .prop('checked') or .is(':checked')
• changed location forms to have consistent id and class structure (id to be deprecated)
• changed CSS for location forms to uses classes not ids
• added templates/forms/map-container.php
• changed location form templates to call a seperate/single map template
• fixed inconsistencies with set_status functions in EM_Events and EM_Location objects
• added deregistration of em script on BP messages page to avoid autocompleter clashes
• fixed WPDB::escape() usage and replaced with esc_sql()
• fixed duplicating events not copying excerpt and tags
• fixed capabilities not being saved for bbPress 2.2+ roles
• fixed featured image on event/location submission - now only showing delete checkbox if image exists
• changed #_ATTENDEESPENDINGLIST so it includes any booking statuses that reserve a space

• fixed init code not executing WP FullCalendar integration in time
• changed generation of WP_Rewrite rules for children of event post type to query the database directly rather than use get_posts
• updated French translation
• fixed mysql warning/error when creating events with a new location
• changed default events widget format to use #_EVENTDATES
• fixed google maps problem
• fixed 5.5 bug where search attributes being included in pagination links when not necessary
• fixed calendar not using ordering as per settings
• fixed chronological ordering on calendars with long and all-day events
• fixed geo.js not being overridable an overridable template file
• fixed limit=0 being ignored in shortcodes and functions
• fixed pagination being forced for categories_list shortcode regardless of attribute

• fixed (rare) looping problem with calendar generation
• fixed permalink rule problems for events page children with url-encoded slugs
• changed country name 'Libyan Arab Jamahiriya' to just 'Libya'
• fixed BP Group selection dropdown being limited to 20 groups
• updated Hungarian and Polish
• fixed event results bug for certain months in WP FullCalendar
• fixed duplication error when tags are disabled
• fixed single ticket mode cutting off event bookings on event start (requires resave of affected events)
• fixed duplicate location problem and potentially fixed duplicate/shadow event problem,
• fixed booking cut-off times using submitted event time if no cut-off time submitted and all-day event is checked
• fixed php warning on taxonomy pages on some installs when overriding with formatting
• updated German and French language files
• fixed location still appearing when trashed
• fixed long page loads on settings page with many users or locations on blog (now requests location/user IDs instead of a dropdown)
• fixed bug preventing pro manual bookings for new users when guest bookings disabled
• fixed turkish datepicker not translating
• fixed issues caused by 5.5 update breaking filters using *output_pagination (now requires PHP 5.3 to work, otherwise use emobject_get_pagination_links)
• fixed #_BOOKINGATTENDEES not working when 'reserve unconfirmed spaces' is set to no
• added new default search arguments for search form
• changed default country to 'none' by default,
• moved location search form html into new templates/search/location.php template
• changed location search fields to be shown if country search field is hidden
• fixed typo of option dbem_seRAch_form_submit
• added default country option specifically for search form
• improved search form arguments which allows fine-grained control via shortcode as well
• added events_search and locations_search shortcode names
• improved search UX by hiding location options if geo search used
• added geolocation unit and distance options to search form
• fixed XSS vulnerability in booking form and preventitive measures taken in other areas (no template fixes necessary)
• fixed feeds not working when no events page defined
• fixed booking_date using mysql instead of blog timezone
• fixed maps not showing on front-end edit locations page
• fixed pagination querystring affecting other event/location/category/tag lists without pagination enabled
• fixed events RSS feed taking over blog feed if events page is homepage
• changed RSS feed url ending to feed/ to avoid unnecessary redirects
• fixed bbPress deactivation erasing all EM capabilities for all roles
• added removal button for category images
• added JS for hiding event/location images when marked for deletion on public forms
• fixed ticket cut-off time not being accurately respected
• fixed 'all' status search not returning drafts
• added 'everything' status which includes trashed events/locations
• fixed BP CSS conflict with wp_editor (https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5167)
• changed order of when recurrences get saved if in admin area so other plugin post meta data gets properly copied over
• added missing translatable strings for ML (WPML) mode in settings page
• fixed MS Global location link problem when viewing location on different blog,
• fixed AJAX searches not including subsite items in MS Global mode
• improved RSS linking and overriding logic
• added RSS feeds for individual locations/categories/tags
• added iCal feeds for individual locations/categories/tags and any custom taxonomy attached to locations or events
• fixed category base slug not being editable in MultiSite (kudos Maxime Lafontaine)

• added #_TAGNOTES
• fixed forced owner event/location searches when logged in as subscribers and in AJAX requests where owner attribute is false
• fixed minor php warning

• fixed no events message for #_LOCATIONNEXTEVENTS and similar showing header/footer formats for an events list
• updated all language files including POT file, added Norwegian, Persian and Turkish
• fixed/improved pricing to include 4 decimal precision for better tax rounding with large numbers,
• fixed/changed incorrect filter em_event_validate to em_ticket_booking_validate in classes/em-ticket-booking.php
• added new jQuery hooks for altering map and marker options
• fixed search form using default country even if advanced search settings are disabled
• fixed code to prevent vaultpress false-positive security warning
• fixed duplicate event meta on duplication of event
• increased pricing to 6 decimal precision,
• added get_price_with_taxes function to EM_Ticket_Booking
• fixed multisite issues when creating events with conflicting post IDs on other sites
• fixed MS Global Mode permalink issues with cross-site locations and optimized cross-site event permalink creation
• fixed preview mode duplicating tickets whilst in draft status
• added event and ticket cut-off date support to recurring events
• fixed SSL/JS MIME related issues when cross-AJAX calls are made between HTTP/HTTPS
• fixed same-day event ordering issues in WP FullCalendar integration
• added admin menu EM dashicon
• added multi-level taxonomy condition searching so seperating ids/slugs by & will force an AND search as well as the traditional comma for OR searches
• fixed custom taxonomies not being saved from recurring events to recurrences
• added page_queryvar search attribute which allows for independent paginated shortcode lists via a custom page number id
• fixed HTML entities breaking CSV output in booking exports
• fixed recurrences validation when no days are supplied in weekly pattern
• improved event time validation to catch variations without help from the timepicker
• fixed taxonomy theme templates not overriding pages due to our formats
• fixed some typos on settings page
• improved styling of options page to make option sets clearer to distinguish
• added excerpt formats to events and locations and appropriate settings
• fixed BP private group admins being able to directly publish private group events whether or not they have publish caps
• changed minimum characters to autosuggest location from auto-completer on 'near' search to 2 characters
• removed usage of TimThumb
• changed thumbnail generation to optionally allow for full-sized images scaled by HTML attributes and adding querystring arguments for use with Photon by JetPack image scaling
• fixed typo for single ticket mode setting explanation
• fixed em_events_list_grouped not returning a string for output
• fixed order attribute not accepting lowercase asc/desc options
• fixed pagination issues when changing row limits on bookings table
• added distance options to search form on settings page,
• fixed distance not searching in km
• fixed DST miscalculations with google add-to-calendar link
• fixed ical descriptions not accepting \n characters
• improved translation text for event and location form submit buttons
• improved events and locations widgets so li wrapping tags can contain classes as well as adding sanitization, cleaning up etc.
• fixed 'awaiting payment' statuses not showing edit/approve links in EM Free
• fixed trashing blank recurrence creating unexpected results
• fixed escaping issues on punctuations for text searches on some servers
• fixed template templates/tables/locations.php to not show delete options if user doesn't have the capability
• improved country search attribute by adding ability to search multiple countries at once by using comma-delimited strings
• fixed ticket price formatting resulting in thousand separator triggering validation errors when updating event
• fixed private events showing up on global locations map
• improved loading of EM_Booking SQL to initially exclude em_meta and join the table
• fixed booking notes not being deleted in em_meta table along with booking
• changed booking email notifications so admins get an email for every action performed
• fixed duplication of event not copying over data stored in the em_meta table

• fixed google maps js offset issue
• fixed navigation title renaming issue

• correcting wrong version update

• fixed js hook bug, you must now bind your function to the document's custom em_maps_locations_hook and em_maps_location_hook event triggers using jquery
• fixed tinymce bug with linking which cropped up in 3.1 due to new WP linking window.
• event_date_modified now properly updated

• removed some php warnings
• fixed blank widget defaults (resave current widgets to replace blanks with defaults)
• fixed calendar bug, where old events aren't being shown
• fixed calendar css for events on the current day
• unapproval is now reject if pre-approvals are turned off
• delete bookings working again
• booking emails working as expected without pre-approvals
• added js hook for maps
• fixed qtranslate conflict, delayed mo file loading for better compatability with wpml

• Fixed missing events, locations etc. due to permissions
• Fixed location widget bug
• fixed broken global map js

• Fixed bug with ownership and widgets
• Resolved 2.9 incompatability
• Fixed rss ownership bug
• Fixed calendar bug where pre/post dates don't show events
• Fixed calendar, now showing today correctly
• Categories blank page fix
• fixed page nav conflicts with role scoper
• added shortcut to manage bookings on event list

• Fixed permission issue
• Fixed category not saving
• Fixed location saving issue

• Documentation finally up to date now!
• widget bug fixed
• added event permissions, so users can manage their own events/locations/categories
• improved event booking UI and management tools
• export CSV of bookings
• booking approvals added
• bookings can have individual notes
• calendar widget shows selected month if clicked on
• custom attributes field, for atts that don't need to be in a template (e.g. pdf file url)
• time limit for main events list and events widget (e.g. show events that occur within x months)
• default location
• default category
• added extra validation so event start date/times can't be after end date/time
• calendar navigation will pass on all arguments for following month (e.g. category, etc)
• small map balloon fix for some rare js conflicts

• Fixed small calendar discrepencies
• added event and location single shortcodes
• shortcodes now accept html within format attribute or within the shortcode tags [like]

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• fixed pagination functionality (or lack thereof) in shortcodes
• improved user experience when navigating/editing events in admin area
• added #_CONTACTAVATAR placeholder - avatar for contact person
• ajax loading spinner graphic added to calendars
• internal wp_mail support added
• added "all events" link to events widget
• fixed date translations
• cleaned up the settings page documentation and added placeholder docs on help page.
• fixed "enable notification emails" option in settings
• added admin email option that would be send every event booking to admin

• Fixed pagination bugs
• Global locations map won't show locations with 0-0 coords
• Fixed bug in recurrence description
• Removed most (if not all) php warnings
• Fixed booked seats calculation errors
• Removed dependence on php calendar

• Event lists now have pagination links for both admin and public areas!
• Fixed timezone issue with calendars, now taking time from WP settings, not server
• Added option to show long events if showing a calendar on events page.
• Multiple maps on one page will now show up.
• Modified styling of map balloons to not use #content (if you modded your theme, look at the CSS to override).
• Media uploads in GUI now working as expected
• Orderby ordering in events widget

• Renaming a few functions/shortcodes for consistency
• Fixing #_LOCATIONPAGEURL issue
• Fixed ordering issue again
• New template tags
• First filter

• Added revised German translation
• Fixed ordering issue
• Fixed old template tag attributes not being read
• Changed map ballon wrapper id to class

• Fixed 12pm bug
• Re-added #_LOCATIONPAGEURL (although officially it's depreciated)
• Added default order by settings in options page
• Added default event list limits in options page
• Added orderby attribute for shortcode
• scope attribute now also allows searching between dates, e.g. "2010-01-01,2010-01-31"
• Fixed booking email reporting bug

• Title rewriting workaround for themes where main menus are broken on events pages
• Added option to show lists on calendar days regardless of whether there is only one event on that day.
• added spanish translation
• fixed rsvp deletion issue
• fixed potential phpmailer conflicts
• CSS issue with maps fixed
• optimized placeholders, adding new standard placeholders

This fixes some recurrence issues along with most other bugs we've been made aware of.

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